This is the 3rd or 4th Study Session in the Lower Chambers in advance of a very important and consequential City Council Meeting on the calendar for February 24th.
It starts off first with Mayor Giles as the president officer who might make a few opening remarks and might ask if any blue comment cards have been turned in to the City Clerk, then the Roll Call. Then A
Review of Items on that meeting's agenda.
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Yes you can do that - but is that in any way "Speaking Up" if the City Council can't discuss it at the meeting?
Someone - you or a councilmember - must make a formal request and must ask for whatever item you showed up to speak-up about to be considered for a future agenda item!
On the other hand, robust discussions with the public during City Council meetings are said to be encouraged, but rarely happen - most other city or town council meetings provide forums for citizens to air their issues and comments without
prescribing a limit of 3 minutes to talk and only 3 speakers.
If this sounds like 19th Century governance, it clearly is.
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ITEM 12 Items from citizens present.
(Maximum of three speakers for three minutes per speaker).
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City government needs to do nothing more than do the very minimum - only what is REQUIERED.
At one time your MesaZona blogger inquired from the City Clerk about a delay in publishing Approved Minutes.
Now really? Why do hand-recorded minutes of meetings need to get approved before they're available to the public?
Sometimes it takes 30 days or more! Or months!
Actual transcripts - of every word anyone says on audio - can be generated faster, without any manipulation by a clerk.
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15 February 2020
Here's the TENTATIVE AGENDA:
Mesa City Council Meeting @ 5;45 Mon 24 Feb 2020
11-Page Meeting Agenda - Tentative, printed on 02.13.2020
IT'S A WHOPPER!
Link > CLICK OR TAP HERE
STARTS ON PAGE 4
IT'S A WHOPPER!
STARTS ON PAGE 4
