The 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 will be on 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟖𝐭𝐡 @ 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐌. There will be a public comments period, during which you can speak on any topic.
The Mayor, Council, and staff typically waste the first hour or so talking about things other than City business, focusing on photo ops and campaigning, and hoping everyone leaves before they do any real business. They want to focus on everything but the VOTES, which are what counts.
Go to these meetings anyway. You can check your emails while they bloviate and tune back in when they finally decide to get to work.
When your time comes to speak, Mayor Brandon Hembree will cut you off at 3 minutes on the dot. Clearly, he feels like government officials are more important than the PEOPLE of the community. That's his weakness and his problem. Speak anyway. He needs an attitude check.
Sometimes, people say things to me indicating they think there is danger or risk in speaking up. Nothing could be further from the truth. If there's ANYBODY in this town they'd like to forcibly shut up, it's Former Mayor Gary Pirkle first, and me second. Both of us walk in there on a weekly basis on perfectly healthy kneecaps.
Everything government officials do is about hiding information, and that is because THEY are scared of YOU.