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Transportation Advisory Committee favors monthly meetings with option to cancel when agenda is light
Summary
At its June 16 Transportation Advisory Committee meeting, members debated meeting cadence and signaled preference for monthly meetings with the option to cancel in advance when there are insufficient agenda items.
At the Transportation Advisory Committee meeting on June 16, members discussed whether to meet monthly or every other month and expressed a preference for a monthly schedule with the ability to cancel if there is not enough substantive business.
Committee members said a monthly cadence is fairer to staff and avoids cramming items into infrequent meetings. Several members noted that some months historically produce weak agendas and suggested canceling a meeting about a week in advance when there is insufficient business. A staff member said that cancelling a meeting a week ahead would not introduce public-notice problems and would reduce the need to “add items just to put [an] agenda together.”
Members also raised logistical concerns about meeting timing relative to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) sessions: long meetings immediately preceding BOMA can face crowd noise and limited effective meeting time. The chair said any formal change would proceed with the mayor’s approval.
No formal motion or vote to change the committee’s regular schedule was recorded; the discussion ended with a general agreement to keep monthly meetings with the option to cancel in advance and to notify the public by close of business the prior Monday when a cancellation is planned.
