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Carbondale council seeks clearer staff–council communications, proposes newsletters and study sessions
Summary
Councilmembers discussed communication protocols with city administration, urging more project-oriented updates, richer weekly/monthly reports and broader public outreach. Staff noted legal limits and staff bandwidth and agreed to refine reporting and public-notice options.
Carbondale councilmembers opened a broad discussion about how elected officials and staff communicate information, manage projects and notify the public — a conversation prompted in part by the high turnout on the camping-ordinance item.
Council member Colombo (S3) urged staff to surface project-level information earlier in a project’s timeline and recommended combining weekly timeline updates with vertical, project-specific documentation so council members can review both the current status and the history behind proposals. ‘‘We should know…
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