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Clear Lake Shores council rejects proposal to meet only once per month
Summary
A motion to reduce city council meetings to a single meeting per month (first Tuesday) failed after debate; proponents argued for efficiency, opponents said fewer meetings would limit resident access. The council recorded five nays and the measure did not pass.
Council members debated a proposal to hold only one regular council meeting per month, scheduled for the first Tuesday, with quarterly reviews. Mayor Pro‑Tem Amanda Fenwick argued in favor of holding meetings as the appropriate forum for residents and citizens to raise issues, saying "having the council meetings is the time to allow the residents and other citizens to address the council with any issues." Fenwick moved the item; the amended motion to adopt the monthly schedule failed with five nays recorded.
Minutes show the council considered the change but chose not to adopt it. The agenda called for the council to review the schedule each quarter if adopted; because the motion failed, the current meeting schedule remains in effect and the council took no further action on implementation or resale of meeting dates at this session.
