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Council weighs faster agenda additions while preserving transparency; staff to return with ordinance language

Calumet City Council Workshop · March 24, 2026
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Summary

Councilors debated whether to allow members to add items to council agendas more quickly, balancing the desire for flexibility against transparency and staff workload; staff agreed to draft ordinance language for council consideration in April.

Special projects manager Clark Schroeder briefed the council on the city's ordinance for placing items on council agendas and explained the rule was adopted during a less cooperative council to provide procedural safeguards. Schroeder said the current ordinance generally requires…

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