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Shorter Council meetings: coming soon!
Friday, February 13, 2015 by Elizabeth Pagano
Thursday’s lengthy City Council meeting gave plenty of time for City Hall regulars to wonder when the new, more efficient meeting structure would be implemented. The answer is: soon. At about 9:00 p.m., during Thursday’s meeting, Mayor Steve Adler said that he understood there would soon be a calendar for scheduling committee meetings. And, said Adler, within the next week the city will be on track to dividing the Council agendas, and having separate meetings for zoning cases and executive session.
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