Mayor Rich has asked her people to respond to her passionate argument that we should effec�vely muzzle ci�zen input to the cri�cally important issues the city will deal with in the next 60 days to avoid the trauma that she has experienced as a result of “five zoom bombers”.
The answer is simple. Each �me she has raised this before, it was the recommenda�on of city staff and the public who par�cipate in mee�ngs every other week to con�nue offering the remote op�on that includes ci�zen input via zoom. City staff created a detailed plan to deal with it when it occurs. The plan worked and Assistant City Clerk, Mary Gourley handled it perfectly.
Last mee�ng it was fairly obvious who the individuals were and how each call was going to go.
The mayor was able to an�cipate what was coming and provide a �mely warning. Once offensive words were utered, they were cut off. The total period of offense could not have been more than a few seconds out of more than an hour of public input during the evening.
The issue will quite likely go away when the Gaza cease fire proclama�on is dealt with.
Unfortunately, Vice Mayor Zollman chose to bring it up again during the busiest possible period for cri�cal city business. It is unlikely to come up before 10:30pm. The good news is it looks like an actual cease fire will occur before you can get to it and the issue will go away.