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City Council Meeting; Check out the differences between LPS
Topic Started: Nov 8 2006, 08:47 PM (117 Views)
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Click on the City Council meeting and see how different it is from a BOE meeting. Right now they are having a spirited discussion on Cable Competition. Turn it on now...it's 8:47pm. Channel 8.
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Nov 8 2006, 08:47 PM
Click on the City Council meeting and see how different it is from a BOE meeting. Right now they are having a spirited discussion on Cable Competition. Turn it on now...it's 8:47pm. Channel 8.

I have recommended to our BOE in Holland that they model their meetings after our city council meetings ... with no success so far. Let me list the things that occur at a Holland City Council meeting which do not occur at school board meetings.

1. Agenda clearly indicates the actual subjects being discussed not just "Finance Committee Report." Items on consent agenda are listed individually and marked with an asterisk so everyone knows what they are.

2. Mayor spends a minute or two at the beginning of the meeting welcoming the public and explaining the process for audience participation.

3. City clerk reads the entire list of items on the consent agenda aloud.

4. Any audience member who wishes to remove an item from consent agenda and make it part of normal discussion order at the meeting may do so at this time.

5. Audience participation is allowed at any point in the meeting once a motion has been made as well as any scheduled public hearings. And of course, there is the "Audience communications" for anything which is not on the agenda.

6. Audience members may speak for 5 minutes on any single item. There is no limit on the number of items during the evening. (At one point, the council considered changing this due to one or two "nuisance" participants but they did not.)

7. Audience members may speak without filling out a written request.
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