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Citizens Government Review Committee approves minutes, adjusts agenda and sets meeting schedule; assigns draft work for report
Summary
The committee approved the March 5 minutes as amended, voted to move guest-speaker presentations earlier in the agenda, and set a meeting schedule through June; members agreed to produce issue write-ups for the committee’s report due to the governing body in June.
The Citizens Government Review Committee approved the minutes of its March 5 meeting as amended and rearranged the agenda to hear guest speakers earlier, members said during procedural business.
A motion to adopt the March 5 minutes as amended passed by voice vote with committee members saying “aye.” The motioner identified in the record as “I moved to adopt the amendment or the minutes of the March 5 meeting as amended” (speaker name not specified in the transcript); a second was recorded. No roll-call votes were recorded for this action.
Earlier, members moved and seconded an adjustment to the agenda so the three guest speakers would appear in between other items; the motion passed by voice vote.
The committee set its upcoming meeting dates and times and voted to adopt them: May 7 (11 a.m.–1 p.m.), May 21 (6–8 p.m.), June 4 (11 a.m.–1 p.m.) and a tentative June 11 working session (11 a.m.–1 p.m.). The motion to adopt the schedule was moved and seconded and approved by voice vote; committee members recorded “aye” and no opposing votes were recorded.
Committee chair and members also agreed to divide drafting work for the committee’s final report. Members were asked to produce preliminary write-ups on assigned issues before a working session; the committee set April 23 as a working-session target to compile early drafts and instructed members to circulate their write-ups for editing and consolidation ahead of the June report deadline.
The committee also discussed items raised by speakers and members that it will decide whether to include in its final report, including city–county cooperation, mechanisms for follow-through on consultant/study recommendations, public-comment timing at council meetings and options related to council structure. Several members volunteered to draft specific sections for the committee’s working session.
No formal ordinance or budget votes were taken at the meeting; actions recorded were procedural (minutes approval, agenda adjustment and meeting schedule adoption).
