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Discussion of Board of Aldermen Meeting Schedule
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is to allow the Board of Aldermen to review their current meeting schedule and possibly discuss revisions.
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DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk, Town Manager
CONTACT INFORMATION: Cathy Dorando, David Andrews
INFORMATION: The last time that the Board of Aldermen discussed their current meeting makeup schedule was April 21, 2009. At that time, the following was adopted:
1. Designate the first and third Tuesdays of each month as regular Board of Aldermen meetings.
2. Designate the second Tuesday of each month for work sessions for discussion only with a three-hour time frame and discussion limited to the Mayor, Aldermen, and appropriate staff.
3. Designate the fourth Tuesday for public hearings and allow public comment on items scheduled for public hearings only; carryover of a continued public hearing until the fourth Tuesday of the following month unless it is determined that the hearing should be continued to a non-public hearing meeting because of scheduling conflicts. Avoid scheduling more than one conditional use permit hearing per meeting if possible.
4. Allow the Town Manager to use discretion in scheduling public hearings at one of the regular meetings when it will avoid an undue number of public hearings on the fourth Tuesday and it will not create an unreasonable number of agenda items for the regular meeting.
5. Inform the Manager of matters needing staff attention prior to meetings.
6. Agree to cancel public hearings and worksessions when there are no items scheduled
At this time, all Board of Aldermen meetings are held on Tuesdays and begin at 7:30 P.M. The Board has recently had several meetings that have run past the 10:00 P.M. requested end time for meetings and this has caused some frustration.
To address this, staff would like to allow the Board to discuss everything that they would like ...
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