I previously posted about this on August 30th, 2020.
Below is a copy of an email I sent to the governing body on 10/6/20. You will note that it references a previous email from 9/28/20. It is pretty self explanatory.
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Mornin’
On 9/28/20 I sent an email covering two items.
One of the items is listed below.
How about an answer?
Council meetings
If folks can still go to city hall for council meetings why can’t “business from the floor” be brought back into the agenda?
More importantly, when are we going back to in person council meetings? Like OP, Lenexa, Olathe, and the BOCC? Five on the dais, (Thomas, Jenkins, Mayor, Knappen and Chalfie, with or without movable barriers) four at tables in front of the dais. City manager and city attorney in the gallery, where they belong. Staff should be able to figure this out. Instead of making excuses as to why it can't be done how about finding a way to do it? Just gave you a starting point.
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Other citizens have given info on how the necessary electronic hook ups could be done. But staff should be able to figure that out
So, what do we have? We have:
The "good": The four council members who show up willing to be a true city council. These are Eric Jenkins, Mike Kemmling, Tammy Thomas and Kurt Knappen.
The "bad": The four council members and the mayor who still sit out at home using Zoom. Matt Zimmerman whose specialty seems to be to lecture the other council members with an arrogance reminiscent of former council member Jeff Vaught. The difference? Zimmerman does it in a softer speaking tone. What a rip off!!! Lisa Larson-Bunnell...............whose hypocrisy on this item has already been covered in another post. Lindsey Constance........a little bit of two faced actions. Can't bring herself to show up at city hall for a meeting but wants to be a state senator where they have been meeting in person. A poor choice as a council member, an even poorer choice to be a state senator. Jill Chalfie whose only claim to fame appears to be as a puppet for Constance. The mayor? All kinds of excuses.
The "ugly": The over paid frat boy city manager Nolan Sunderman who can't seem to advise the council on how this can happen. What are his underlying motives?
