Monroe City Council reviews new committee structure; staff to return formal proposal

Monroe City officials spent the bulk of their May 13 strategic planning meeting discussing a proposed reorganization of the city’s committees intended to clarify how advisory work reaches the council.

The proposal, introduced by staff member Terry Schoeller, would group committees in a three-tier structure with City Council at the top, council committees (composed primarily of council members) beneath that, and citizen advisory committees below. Schoeller said the change is intended to create a consistent flow “so that everybody will know how things flow when they come to council.”

Schoeller described current inconsistencies between standing and mayoral committees and said the proposal aims to standardize roles. Under the plan, council committees would act as a “clearing house” to review items…