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Rethink Folly Road steering committee keeps six meetings, gives chair limited cancellation authority
Summary
The steering committee agreed May 13 to retain six scheduled meetings per year but allow the chair to cancel up to two if there is no relevant business; members also agreed to set next year’s meeting schedule at the final annual meeting and to hold meetings on Mondays during legislative session.
The Rethink Folly Road steering committee on May 13 agreed to keep its current cadence of six meetings per year while giving the chair authority to cancel up to two meetings if there is not substantive business to consider. Chair Leslie Skarden summarized the compromise after debate about meeting fatigue and attendance.
Skarden said the intent is to preserve oversight while reducing unnecessary gatherings: "the chair could cancel up to 2 meetings at their discretion based on the agenda." Committee members had raised concerns that reducing required meetings to four would widen reporting gaps and make it harder to follow up on assigned action items. Several council representatives noted that attendance had been inconsistent at past meetings and recommended stronger assignment and follow-up practices alongside any scheduling change.
Under the agreed approach, the committee will keep six annual meeting slots for the current year, require the chair to set cancellations only when there is insufficient business, and set the following year’s calendar at the outgoing meeting in December. The committee also recommended moving some meetings to Mondays during legislative session so state representatives can attend when they are in Columbia, a change members said is intended to increase participation rather than cause scheduling conflicts.
