From: Jacob Patterson
To: Lemos, June
Subject: Public Comment -- 3/13/2023 CC Mtg., Item No. 5D, Retreat Minutes Date: Thursday, March 9, 2023 1:34:44 PM
City Council,
The draft minutes for your goal setting retreat (5D) are incorrect or at least misleading as currently written. The draft minutes state that all councilmembers attended but that is not correct for the entire meeting. Councilmember Lindy Peters did not attend the majority of the meeting and only arrived after much of the discussion had already taken plan and closer to its conclusion at 5:30 than the start of the meeting. Normally, minutes reflect the absence of a member of the legislative body and note their arrival time when a late arrival actually joined the meeting. I am not sure when that was precisely because I did not include it in my notes. I think this is a noteworthy item since the meeting itself went much more smoothly without Lindy's presence because he was unable to interrupt other councilmembers as he frequently does, often to explain to the previous speaker what they really meant by what they were saying--as if they can't speak for themselves.
Anyway, I recommend amending these minutes to reflect Lindy's absence from the majority of the meeting including his absence when public comments were made.
Regards,
--Jacob