Commission discusses monthly events calendar, separate youth-sports poster and a proposed town-hall workshop with council

Commission members and city staff discussed the summer events calendar design and logistics and a possible town-hall workshop with city council at the Feb. 19 meeting.

Mark Sava and other commissioners suggested shifting from a two-month poster to a one-month calendar so the layout can use larger type and include more Liberty Lake-specific events. Commissioners also supported creating a separate, focused poster for youth sports and recreation to free space on the main community calendar.

Staff and commissioners discussed ways to increase community engagement through the calendar: rotating kid artwork or a community photo on the monthly poster, QR codes linking to calendar details, and distributing smaller refrigerator-size inserts. Mark offered to prepare a mock-up for one month's layout and David said staff would coordinate distribution. "If we take it to one month, we can go and take out the sports," one commissioner said, summarizing the design trade-offs.

City council workshop and town hall: the commission discussed scheduling a workshop with council to plan a town-hall event. David said he heard council was looking at March 18 but recommended an April workshop to allow more preparation time; he proposed April 8 as a possible hour-long workshop. "To me, the why needs to direct the tactic of the town hall," David said, urging the commission to define objectives (for example, a "Transparency 2" theme) before staff schedule or advertise an event.

Next steps: commissioners agreed to present a short report to council on March 4 to request a workshop and to supply proposed themes and a draft calendar mock-up. Staff will prepare the calendar mock-up (Mark) and examine splash-insert and distribution costs for a refrigerator-sized handout.