District 4 Council Member Charlie Lauersdorf spoke about the importance of public comment.
“We see some new faces every now and then and I think we can all agree that sometimes we do hear some pretty bad ideas or some pretty outlandish comments, or even rude or derogatory comments,” he said. “I think sometimes those good ideas get lost in there. But I think it's important that we can discuss them. But I don't know what happened to being able to agree to disagree; do it civilly and be kind about it. I hope as we move forward, we can get back to handling city business; things that we actually had the ability to affect here at the city level.”
What else?
There is a change for the executive session and work session start time compared to previous standards, which were noon for the executive session and 1 p.m. for the work session. The meetings will now start at. 1 p.m. for executive session and 2 p.m. for work sessions, which allows time for council members to take part in luncheon meetings or industry groups meetings, according to city documents.
