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Center Line commission: city to tend City Hall pots after members cite staffing shortfall
Summary
At an unofficial March 4 meeting, the Center Line Beautification Commission discussed which community gardens the city will maintain and a committee member said the city will handle pots at City Hall because the commission does not have enough members to maintain them.
At an unofficial meeting on March 4, the Center Line Beautification Commission discussed which community gardens the city will maintain and which the commission itself would manage, and a committee member said pots outside City Hall will be handled by the city because the commission lacks enough members to maintain them.
Chair Dennis Zelazny called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. The session was described in the minutes as an "open discussion of community gardens," not a formal, voted agenda item. A committee member said, "Pots around City Hall will be done by the city. We do not have a large enough committee to maintain the gardens and the pots in front of City Hall."
Commissioners noted the distinction between gardens the city would take on and those the commission could steward, but no formal motions, votes or next steps were recorded in the minutes. The record states five members attended the meeting.
Because the meeting was unofficial and the minutes do not show formal action, any changes to maintenance responsibilities would need to be confirmed in a future official meeting or by city staff.
