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Trustees vote to keep water rate advisory group meetings closed; staff to post packets and summaries online
Summary
After extensive debate about transparency, trustee concerns about participant intimidation and a recorded roll call, the Town of Wellington Board of Trustees voted to keep the rate advisory group meetings closed to the public. Staff said advisory-group packets and summary notes will be posted online and that meetings have seven appointed members.
Town staff asked the Board of Trustees for direction on whether the town's Rate Advisory Group meetings should be open to the public or continue as closed sessions; after discussion, the board voted to keep the meetings closed.
Town Administrator Patty Garcia introduced the item and described the group's history. "This is the iteration of what we initially called a roundtable," she said, noting the town held closed roundtables in 2021 and 2022 and that the current advisory group has seven members appointed by trustees. Garcia said the group held an anonymous internal survey in which a majority said they supported openings with caveats; one member indicated they might not…
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