Neal Sawyer, Ward II
At the state and county levels of grovernment when someone resigns
or leaves their office, the precinct committee people of the party have a
meeting to pick the successor. Those meetings can only be attended
by precinct committee people of that district and the only opportunity
for a citizen to make comments is to find out who their precinct
committee people are before the meeting and talk with them.
I went back and looked at other appointments that have been made
since 1998 and if commits were taken. Please see below.
7/8/1998 Ward 2 Mayor
Allen
Roche was
appointed No
Public Comment
1/14/2002 Ward 2 Mayor
Allen
Sawyer was
appointed No
Public Comment
5/4/2004 Ward 3 Mayor
Meyers Novosel was
appointed Public
Comment
2/7/2005 Ward 4 Mayor
Meyers Tubbesing
was appointed No
Public Comment
5/10/2012 Ward
3 Mayor
Meyers
Neighbor was
appointed Public
Comment7/9/2012 Ward 2 Mayor Meyers Willoughby was appointed No Public Comment
I believe that we should conduct the interview process without public comment. I believe that the people that are interested in the appointment will contact the council members prior to the special meeting to let them know if they have concerns about a candidate or would like for them to support a candidate. That way the council members have time to carefully consider any citizen comments rather than hear them only minutes before a vote is cast.
My comments about the above: City government is not as large as county or state and is closer to the people. As such, I'll disagree with Neal, and feel the comments of the people should be live and on the record.
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