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. <br /> ---__ <br /> February 15, 2001 <br /> Council Meeting Minutes <br /> � Council Member Travis indicated he was fine with the 6:00 p.m. start time and stated he <br /> would be okay with 6:30 p.m. but no later as the meetings have a tendency to run late. <br /> Council Member Broussard Vickers stated she would make 6:30 p.m. work but no later <br /> as the meetings run long. She also sta.ted she did not feel Council should set the times for <br /> , committees as she feels they should at least have the authority to decide the time of their <br /> , meeting. . <br /> ' Council Member Capra stated she has a hard time making a 6:00 p.m. meeting and stated <br /> 6:30 p.m, would be easier for her. <br /> Council Member Nelson stated she was okay with a 6:30 p.m. start time but not any later. <br /> She also stated she would like to communicate to the committees that Council would <br /> prefer them to hold their meetings at the same time as Council. <br /> Mr. Wilharber noted that sometimes Council would get a presenta.tion that went on for <br /> hours and hours or a resident that goes on for quite some time so the Council meetings <br /> were changed to an earlier start time to accommodate that. <br /> Council Member Capra stated she felt Council needed to limit people's comments at , <br /> public hearings and suggested a time limit of ten (10) minutes with one chance for , <br /> rebuttal. , <br /> I <br /> Mr. Wilharber noted many cities have a five (5) minute time limit and allow a resident to ' <br /> speak only once on a particular subject. � <br /> Mr. Hoeft stated five (5) minutes is the standard time limit for resident input. In larger I � <br /> cities there is actually a podium with lights that-change from green to yellow to red to let ! <br /> the resident know they need to wrap up their comments. ', <br /> Motion by Council Member Nelson, seconded by Council Member Capra to change <br /> the start time of the Council Meetings to 6:30 p.m. beginning with the first meeting <br /> in March. All in favor. Motion carried unanimouslv. <br /> Council Member Travis stated he was not in favor of regularly scheduled workshops. He <br /> stated that when there is a need for one he has not missed one but is not in favor of <br /> scheduling them just for the sake of having a meeting. <br /> Council Member Capra stated she feels there is a lot of information that will need to be <br /> discussed and that Council could shorten the length of the regular meetings by having <br /> discussion at a workshop. <br /> Council Member Capra noted the Planning and Zoning Committee had a workshop that <br /> was attended by the public. She questioned whether the Committee has to allow public <br /> input at the workshop. Mr. Hoeft stated the City does not have to answer to the public at <br /> the workshop. <br /> Council Member Capra clarified the meeting is open to the public but there is no need for <br /> comments or questions to Council or the Committee. <br /> Page 15 of 18 <br />