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Commission deadlocks on changing meeting time; discussion tabled to next meeting after multiple substitute motions
Summary
Commissioners debated changing the regular meeting start time (currently 4:00 p.m.). Multiple substitute motions were proposed (keep 4:00, move to 5:00, 5:30 or 6:00), commissioners raised Brown Act and public-noticing concerns and opinions about public attendance, and the commission voted to continue/table the discussion until the next meeting.
A lengthy debate over the commission’s regular meeting time dominated the agenda as several commissioners proposed changing the start time from 4:00 p.m. to alternative times. Commissioners proposed substitute motions — including 5:00 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. — and argued both for accommodating working residents and for preserving current participation by commissioners who have daytime obligations.
"I’d like to make a vote to keep the time at 04:00," one commissioner said. Other commissioners countered that a later start helps working…
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