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Mayor Sorensen acknowledges hurt feelings from prior meeting, says he apologized
Summary
During department updates Mayor Richard Sorensen said he had consulted family and sent an apology to a resident after comments he made at an earlier work session caused hurt feelings; he asked the community to move past the incident and said he would strive for more professional responses.
During department updates Mayor Richard Sorensen addressed an earlier exchange from an August work session in which a resident's comments prompted a response he later determined had caused hurt feelings. He said he reviewed the meetings, consulted family, and sent an apology to the woman who spoke; he asked residents to move forward and acknowledged he needed to be more professional in future responses.
Sorensen recounted that at the end of the RC Zone work session a woman made a comment and he responded in a frustrated tone; her husband later expressed concern about that treatment at the Planning Commission meeting. “He sent an apology to the woman at the meeting. He wished the Town residents could put hard feelings in the past,” the minutes state. The council did not take formal action on the matter, but the mayor’s remarks were recorded as part of the department‑update segment.
