After cancelling meetings because of Halloween and the City Election, the City Council resumed its regular meeting schedule last Tuesday which also saw the debut of a new format for the meeting agenda. The biggest change was that City Council motions were bumped up to near the start of the meeting rather than the at end. The main reason for the change was that with the Council strictly adhering to its 10 p.m. meeting finish time, items at the end of the agenda either were not reached or were handled so hurriedly that any meaningful debate was precluded. On Tuesday night, at least, the new format seemed to help the meeting flow more expeditiously with fewer suspensions of the rules to take matters out of order.
November 19, 2023
November 19, 2023
November 19, 2023
After cancelling meetings because of Halloween and the City Election, the City Council resumed its regular meeting schedule last Tuesday which also saw the debut of a new format for the meeting agenda. The biggest change was that City Council motions were bumped up to near the start of the meeting rather than the at end. The main reason for the change was that with the Council strictly adhering to its 10 p.m. meeting finish time, items at the end of the agenda either were not reached or were handled so hurriedly that any meaningful debate was precluded. On Tuesday night, at least, the new format seemed to help the meeting flow more expeditiously with fewer suspensions of the rules to take matters out of order.