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Council rejects ordinance to create regular standing work sessions after second reading
Summary
The Georgetown City Council voted down a proposal to create a standing “work session” agenda item that would give councilmembers a formal extra meeting for public discussion. A motion to postpone the ordinance indefinitely failed; a subsequent vote to adopt the ordinance on second reading also failed, leaving the proposal off the books.
The Georgetown City Council voted against adopting a proposed ordinance to create a standing council work session after a second-reading vote on Feb. 3, 2025.
Councilmember Sonja Wilkins Brent introduced the ordinance as an item sponsors and argued it would “give the council more times for discussion between meetings.” Brent moved to postpone the second reading indefinitely; that motion failed on a roll-call vote. City Attorney Emily explained the effect of postponement and the procedural options available, telling the council, “if you choose to postpone it indefinitely, I think it would take, like, a two-thirds vote…
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