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Sandpoint sustainability committee moves to confirm new monthly meeting time
Summary
The Sandpoint Sustainability Committee voted to proceed with confirming a new regular meeting time — the fourth Tuesday of the month, 2:30–4 p.m. — pending final confirmation from absent members. The committee also approved minutes and reordered the agenda.
The Sandpoint Sustainability Committee voted to proceed with confirming a new regular meeting time — the fourth Tuesday of each month, 2:30–4 p.m. — pending confirmation from absent members, the committee vice chair said Tuesday.
Committee Vice Chair Katrina Piali presided over the April 22 meeting and led a discussion about shifting the regular meeting to maximize member participation. Committee members debated using a Doodle poll versus confirming a date during the meeting and raised recurring conflicts on Tuesdays and Thursdays. After discussion the committee moved to formalize the proposed time and requested staff to obtain confirmation from all members, including the council liaison Pam Duquette.
Why it matters: Members said the current schedule has contributed to low attendance and repeated difficulty establishing quorums. Committee members agreed that a fixed time that fits most schedules would make it easier to advance the committee’s workload.
The committee first approved the minutes from its March 12 special meeting by voice vote before discussing the schedule change. After a wide-ranging discussion of members’ calendars and room availability, the group settled on the procedural path of confirming the fourth Tuesday of the month from 2:30–4 p.m. and directed staff to get explicit confirmations from absent members before the change is finalized.
Members discussed alternatives including keeping the current time, trying another regular weekday, or using a poll. Several members said they prefer the committee set a rotating or confirmed schedule rather than rely on ad hoc rescheduling, citing repeated last-minute confirmations that make planning difficult. Piali said the group “barely had a quorum today” and urged a compromise so the committee can meet reliably.
The committee adopted the procedural steps by voice votes during the meeting; details of movers and seconders were not recorded in the meeting transcript. The committee also voted to move new business earlier on the agenda so the scheduling discussion could be addressed first.
The committee clerk will notify members and confirm whether Pam Duquette and other absent members agree to the proposed time change before it is posted as the new regular meeting time.
The committee moved on to other agenda items after the schedule discussion.
