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City staff to send proposed agendas earlier; clarifies four-signature item process
Summary
City staff said it will begin circulating a proposed council agenda about a week before meetings and will share four-signature item requests with the full council and mayor; staff emphasized proposed agendas will be drafts and may change before publication.
City staff told the Hastings City Council they will begin circulating proposed agendas by Tuesday noon — roughly a week before meetings — to give council members more time to review items and avoid last-minute weekend reviews. "My goal is to have it out by noon on Tuesday," the staff member said.
The change is intended to reduce weekend email traffic and give council members time to "chew on things," council members said. The staff member said draft agendas will not be posted publicly because they can change before the final agenda is published, but council members may share the draft…
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