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Today in Council meetings
Thursday, July 30, 2020 by Elizabeth Pagano
Today City Council will meet for the fourth time this week. The meeting, which will cover zoning and public hearings (including the hearing on this year’s budget) promises to be a long one, with 591 people signed up to speak. In an effort to organize the meeting, Mayor Steve Adler has posted a schedule on the City Council Message Board. For those who don’t feel like clicking through, here is that schedule:
10 a.m.-noon: Batch 1: Public Hearing Speakers, beginning with Speakers on #70; then discussion and vote on #70.
Noon-1 p.m.: Lunch
1-2 p.m.: Exec Session (Nov. 2020 election)
2-3 p.m.: Batch 2: Zoning speakers
3-5 p.m.: Batch 3: Public Hearing speakers
5-6 p.m.: Dinner
6-8 p.m.: Batch 4: Public Hearing speakers
8-10 p.m.: Batch 5: Public Hearing speakers
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