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Emeryville council studies cutting regular meetings to once a month; council signals staff to return with options
Summary
The Emeryville City Council held a study session on changing its schedule from twice-monthly to monthly and on standardizing committee meeting frequency; council members debated trade-offs between efficiency and public access and directed staff to include the topic on a future agenda for further consideration.
Emeryville City Council members spent more than an hour Tuesday weighing whether to reduce the council—s regular meetings from twice a month to once a month and whether to make committee meetings monthly.
Finance Director Sharon Frederikson opened the study session with staff—s comparison of ten cities of similar size and a summary of potential advantages — modest time and cost savings from publishing, recording and staffing one fewer meeting each month — and disadvantages, including longer consolidated agendas, delayed ordinances and fewer chances for public comment.
Member Pryfors strongly opposed cutting the number of council meetings,…
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