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Council debates consolidating workshop and action meetings; residents press for fiber construction standards and mayor’s AG letter prompts request for agendaed討
Summary
Council discussed consolidating workshops and action meetings into one day twice monthly; residents and council members used the session to request a moratorium on some fiber construction and to ask that a mayoral letter to the Texas Attorney General about quorum/TOMA be placed on a future agenda for review.
Council members discussed whether to consolidate workshop and action meetings into a single day (twice monthly) during the March 12 workshop and received extensive public comment and council discussion on several governance and operational issues.
Meeting schedule debate: councilmembers expressed differing preferences. Some favored keeping two separate days so citizens and council members can reflect between discussion and vote; others proposed holding both sessions in the evening (6 p.m.) to improve access for working residents. Councilman Harrell and others argued two days allow citizens who speak at the workshop to return before a vote; others noted staff and employee scheduling constraints if multiple sessions are consolidated into single days. Council…
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