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Council debates moving swearing-in from Dec. 2 to Dec. 9 amid scheduling confusion
Summary
Councilmembers questioned a change to the usual meeting cadence after conversations among the mayor, the city manager and some council-elects led to moving a swearing-in from Dec. 2 to Dec. 9. Members asked for full transparency about email communications and whether all elects were consulted.
Councilmembers spent several minutes on the consent-agenda preamble debating a proposed schedule change for council-elect swearing-in and a one-time meeting cadence modification. One councilmember said the city's usual cadence is the first and third Tuesday and asked why the swearing-in was moved from Dec. 2 to Dec. 9.
A staff member and other speakers said some council-elects indicated support for Dec. 9 and that prior conversations between the mayor and city manager informed the final date, but at least one councilmember said she had an email showing a council-elect specifically asked for Dec. 2. Members requested that staff provide the full email thread and that the agenda language reflect the reason for the change. No formal action was taken to change the city's cadence; the consent agenda item approving the rescheduled date passed on a routine vote.
