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Council reviews housekeeping code changes and a draft AI use policy
Summary
Council reviewed proposed code housekeeping amendments and discussed a draft AI use policy, endorsing a risk‑based approach and asking staff to consider language for local/private models while noting current technical limits.
Staff presented several housekeeping code amendments intended to simplify quorum and public‑meeting language and remove outdated requirements for special meeting notices. The council treated these as informational housekeeping items and asked that the items return for formal action after further review.
Council members also reviewed a draft AI use policy and generally supported a risk‑based approach that would bar AI processing of sensitive personal information. One council member suggested adding language to support or allow the future use of private/local models, while others cautioned the city currently lacks the technical capacity and resident comfort to adopt local AI systems immediately.
"I appreciate that it's being used as a tool, not as a solution," one council member said, urging careful, iterative policy development. Staff will revise the draft and return it for further deliberation.
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