DULUTH — In an effort to give voice to groups of residents who often felt marginalized in the past, city officials have created a number of personal identity commissions in recent years to give folks a greater voice.

But the sheer number of boards and commissions Duluth currently boasts has raised concerns about their efficacy at a time when many of them have struggled to assemble the number of members necessary to conduct business, and others have suffered for lack of administrative support, with staff already stretched thin.

At large Councilor Azrin Awal decided against seeking a second term but said that before her departure at year’s end, she wanted to bring forward a plan to reorganize and possibly consolidate some of the city’s protected-class commissions, incorporating their rep

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