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RPAC delays vote on 2026 meeting calendar after members raise concerns
Summary
Staff proposed reducing RPAC's 2026 meeting frequency from monthly to bimonthly; members raised objections about reducing meeting opportunities, attendance policy impacts and timing relative to the election, and the committee voted to defer final calendar approval until the November meeting.
Staff recommended adopting a bimonthly meeting cadence for 2026, noting historical cancellation patterns (about four canceled meetings per year) and the ability to call special meetings when needed. Several committee members urged further discussion; one member said, "I think we need to wait till after the election to take this vote," asking for calendar finalization to follow the election to account for potential leadership changes.
Other members argued that cutting meetings now could limit the committee's ability to add meetings later and suggested intermediate options (seven to nine meetings) or keeping flexibility to cancel months with historically low attendance. The clerk confirmed that canceled meetings do not count as absences for attendance policy enforcement. The committee voted to delay adopting the final 2026 calendar and asked staff to return with a revised calendar at the November 12 meeting for full consideration.
