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Council weighs changing 2025 meeting cadence; leans toward first/third regular sessions and flexible second-Wednesday slot
Summary
Councilmembers discussed shifting to a regular cadence of first- and third-Wednesday sessions with the second Wednesday reserved for special or deliberative sessions (formerly called CBAs). They debated trade-offs between meeting frequency, public participation, committee use and budget timetable but took no final vote.
At a Nov. 13 consensus-building session, Bloomington Common Councilmembers debated options for the council's 2025 meeting calendar, including whether to default to one regular meeting per month or maintain two regular sessions with a flexible middle-week slot for deliberative or committee work.
Staff noted municipal and state timing constraints: municipal code and Indiana law require certain meetings in January following elections. Councilmembers discussed a range of models: (a) keep two regular…
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