Public Meetings Discussion: Council Work Session, Staff Recommendations for Mtgs, 3/21/17

Council heard recommendations from staff on immediate and long term recommendations for improving meeting effectiveness and efficiency.

On February 9, 2017, council discussed meeting changes with a related handout and passed Resolution 20170209-035 directing the city manager's office to make council meeting improvement recommendations.

On March 21, 2017, staff presented options to council per Resolution 20170209-035. Not all council members were present for the discussion, and so council decided to take the item up again at a future Work Session.

Watch the work session and access meeting notes here: March 21, 2017 City Council Work Session

Council Flannigan summarized the conversation at the end of the session, saying, "To Council Member Alter's point, these changes are about doing better work for the people. Doing it faster doesn't mean doing it better. And I think, by design, we do things slowly, because we do a lot of public input, and that's part of our culture, and it's part of our values. To do every other week and ending at 10pm might mean we can't get as much stuff done. But I think the stuff we get done will be better. I think that's the right trade-off to make."