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Council debate over quarterly evening meetings centers on outreach vs. bureaucracy
Summary
Councilmember Penn sponsored a resolution proposing quarterly evening meetings to increase public participation; colleagues voiced both support for outreach and concerns that existing committee structures or added bureaucracy might be preferable.
Councilmember Penn introduced a resolution at the Jan. 20 Mobile City Council pre-meeting proposing that the council hold quarterly night meetings (or alternate formats) to increase civic engagement outside regular business hours.
"We have to give the community opportunity for a time that's not during our regular business hours," the sponsor said,…
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