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Council seeks dates to finalize roadmap and governing policies; attorney participation remains a scheduling constraint
Summary
Councilors discussed holding a special session to finish a strategic roadmap and to review governing policies, proposing March 18 for the roadmap and considering March 19 or March 17 for policy work depending on attorney availability.
St. Helens councilors discussed scheduling a special session at the March 5 work session to conclude a strategic roadmap and to review governing policies, and they identified availability and attorney participation as the principal constraints.
Council staff proposed dates including March 6, 7, 17 and 18; council leadership indicated March 18 at 3 p.m. best matched the schedule for the roadmap work. Staff noted the governing-policy discussion includes delegation of authority and hiring/discipline language and that a labor and employment attorney should ideally attend.
Councilors explored splitting the topics across two sessions if the city attorney (Pete) could not attend in person on the preferred date. One option discussed was holding the roadmap session on March 18 and addressing governing-policy matters during a regular meeting on March 19 if the attorney could join by video. Councilors emphasized finishing the review promptly rather than delaying to April.
No final meeting date was adopted on March 5; staff said they would confirm availability with the city attorney, notify council members and publish any special-session notice as required.
