It would appear that City Council intends to conduct its meetings in our main library for the foreseeable future once city hall is torn down.
I guess that means city management staff has to leave it’s offices on Tuesdays, drive (or walk, that might take longer) over to the library, and spend much of the day away from their offices. The way it works right now many of them can have someone watch the progress of the agenda and go down to attend the meeting close to when they will be needed. They are in the same building after all.
We have been told that the library has all of the equipment necessary to conduct and broadcast the meetings. Let’s keep an eye on what they have to buy to make this work.
Will they arrange the agenda to be convenient to staff (department “A” will be on the agenda after lunch, department “B” will be first on the agenda) so that they will not have to attend all day? What effect will that have on the public?
Speaking of the public, where will they park? How much will it cost?
I predict that this is step one of their old two step. At some point in time we will hear about plans to build new council chambers. After all they will need to spend the money to increase efficiency.
In the interest of efficiency, why don’t they meet in the county commissioners court chambers, or where the El Paso Independent School District board meets? They have already greased their skids.
We deserve better
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