Port Angeles City Council: Fewer Meetings, More Public Participation
Last Tuesday the City Council discussed — but hasn’t yet acted on — eliminating all except one of their committees. They also discussed having more informal discussions with the public before their meetings.
Both of these ideas were first brought up during the April 18th retreat with City Manager Kent Myers and City Council members. (This article was in Thursday’s PDN but isn’t available online.)
The Real Estate Committee is the only committee that hasn’t been proposed for elimination. Committees that might be eliminated include finance, parks, human services, economic development and solid waste.
Council member Dan Di Guilio said that with fewer committees and more issues discussed by the entire council, “the public would understand what issues we are dealing with. I think it’s important that they at least know what the council is discussing.”
He noted one example, that the City Council’s Finance Committee discussed stopping the funding for William Shore Memorial Pool a month before the idea was brought to the full City Council.
Both of these ideas were first brought up during the April 18th retreat with City Manager Kent Myers and City Council members. (This article was in Thursday’s PDN but isn’t available online.)
The Real Estate Committee is the only committee that hasn’t been proposed for elimination. Committees that might be eliminated include finance, parks, human services, economic development and solid waste.
Council member Dan Di Guilio said that with fewer committees and more issues discussed by the entire council, “the public would understand what issues we are dealing with. I think it’s important that they at least know what the council is discussing.”
He noted one example, that the City Council’s Finance Committee discussed stopping the funding for William Shore Memorial Pool a month before the idea was brought to the full City Council.
Labels: City Council Dan Di Guilio, City Manager Kent Myers, funding William Shore Memorial Pool, Port Angeles City Council committees
posted by Tom Harper at 4:58 PM
3 Comments:
How about eliminating the City Council, and keeping the Committees? ;O) It isn't like the Council members are listening to, or representing their public!!
The pool issue? All they did was free up taxpayer money that used to be spent on the pool so they can fund their " Harborworks" fantasies, knowing the locals will tax themselves more to keep the pool open. Clever of them, hunh?!
We had better get this open-ended pool tax killed!!
we should get rid of the whole lot of city government, the city council, and all the various associations and organizations that spend all their time patting themselves on their backs....and doing that "we're so good" nonsense.
We need to reset and start over.
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