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Council keeps city community meal separate from volunteer-organized dinner, seeks informal budget engagement
Summary
Councilors debated combining a city-hosted community meal with a separately organized no-agenda dinner and decided to keep the events separate while allowing city presence at the other gathering.
Staff proposed a less formal community meal to encourage residents to discuss budget items at table conversations rather than through a podium presentation. "We wanted to have a more, less formal meeting...a community-based and more, and less formal" Ashley said, describing ideas such as a chili cookoff and committee table displays.
Some councilors objected to combining the city event with a larger, multi-town dinner because the other event was intended to have no agenda and serve a broader region. Councilors agreed by general consensus to keep the city’s community meal separate but to allow council presence and information at the other event if helpful.
