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May 14th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I do not see a problem with the new schedule. It is similar to what many Boards of Selectmen (I know they are a liitle different than the Council) and the Lowell School Committee hold. The governing and work of the Councilshould not all be happening at meetings. The councillors should be out in the streets, talking to people about what really matters in the city, and that is what the good councillors do. Maybe the extra time between meetings will give them more time to actually formulate meaningful motions.
May 14th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Don’t count on it. I foresee just as many duplicate and useless motions (like the Mayors “let’s make sure we use local contractors!” motion last night which is seen about every three months or so) as before, maybe even more so.
However, comparing the needs of the City Council to a town committee is a fallacy. I think you can safely say that the more people in your jurisdiction, the bigger, and more plentiful, the issues there are. Lowell is a city of 100,000 and with that, comes greater responsibility. Also, with the subcommittee meetings being relatively less useful in their makeup than you would hope, this literally cuts down on the amount of time the public has to really see action on issues. Unless there’s a huge change on the subcommittee meetings, things are about to get a lot less transparent.
May 14th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Let’s hope they don’t waste the reduced time like they did last night trying to hang the CM over issues like “how many classrooms did the temperature get measured in?”, “was the temperature in the mid60s or the low 60s?” “did the school department send notices home by mail or with the students?”, “didn’t you tell me it was going to cost too much to leave the heat on for another month, and it only is costing $4,500?”.
Will they be so picayune with the budget when real dollars are at issue?
May 14th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
On the bright side, Bernie will now have to put up with approximatly half as much bulls…
May 14th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
*snort* he wishes! Have you seen the bulls… that is subcommittees? LOL