Public Comment

Once again, the Mayor has scheduled a City Council meeting without telling the public or the council members the topic of the meeting. 

In this case, the June 30 meeting is scheduled 14 days in advance, but the topic and the agenda of the meeting will not be reported until June 25. It is wrong to deny the public of their right to receive a nine days notification during which they could be doing research and forming opinions on the potential council actions. I strenuously object to the secrecy of the nine days period, in which the public is not being informed of the actions being considered 

Unfortunately, it is a common practice by this Mayor to not tell the City Council members the topics of closed sessions or special meetings until after they are scheduled. I disagree with this practice. In this instance, it is taking the secrecy even further by having the meeting two weeks from today and the public not even knowing the topic of the agenda. 

I am not saying this is illegal, because I have not received a legal opinion. However, I am saying it is unreasonable, unfair, and undemocratic. 

I am respectfully requesting the public to be notified of the topic of the agenda of this newly scheduled meetin