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Elgin podcast explains how to find, read and participate in city council meetings
Summary
City of Elgin public information officer Stacey Ford Osborne released a podcast guide walking residents through where to find agendas and agenda packets, public hearing vs. public comment rules, sign-up and timing procedures, the consent agenda, and executive session limits.
Stacey Ford Osborne, public information officer for the City of Elgin, released a recorded guide that explains how residents can find and read city council agendas, prepare comments and follow council actions. The podcast, which the city will pin to its YouTube channel, uses a recent Nov. 17 council meeting as an example and walks listeners through each part of a typical agenda.
Osborne told listeners the easiest way to find agendas is via the city's Meetings & Agendas calendar on the Elgin website, where each meeting entry links to the agenda and the full agenda packet. "If you don't want to see the backup information and you don't want to read the agenda packet, they do pass out the agenda at the city council meetings," she said. She noted agenda packets can be large (154 pages in the Nov. 17 example) and that the packet…
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