A bill passes this afternoon, and lots of notes about what the Council members have been up to while working remotely.
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This week in the virtual Council Chambers
It’s another week of the City Council conducting its meetings by conference call and cancelling committee hearings.
Continue readingCouncil passes pair of COVID relief bills
In a special meeting today, the City Council passed two bills to provide additional relief for impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meeting
This week the City Council meeting switched from Skype to a good old-fashioned conference call, featuring automated announcements every time someone entered or dropped the call and plenty of background chatter as the Council members called in from home. And yet they still managed to get a few things done.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meeting, including COVID-19 updates
In the Council’s first Monday meeting by Skype, they heard a long briefing from county and city officials on the status of the COVID-19 response, and took care of a few items of business.
Continue readingCity Council and staff to telecommute, cancel committee meetings for remainder of March
Late this afternoon, Council President Lorena Gonzalez and Council President Pro Tem Teresa Mosqueda issued a directive to the city’s Legislative Department outlining several measures the department will take to address the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Topping the list: all department employees are instructed to telecommute through the end of the month, and all committee meetings will be cancelled for the remainder of March.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings
Both this morning’s Council Briefing and this afternoon’s City Council meeting were fairly short and to the point today. Here are the highlights.
Continue readingNotes from Monday’s Council meetings
Here’s what was said and done in Council chambers today.
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Things got a little heated this afternoon.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings
Another long, heated public comment session at a poorly-attended Council meeting, a bill pushed out another week, and an update on what’s going on in Olympia. Also, the return of Council member Mosqueda!
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