04-20-08 E-Mail from Dick Seeley Regarding Oral Communications

Hal: This whole City Council situation is a mess and has been going on

for years without much change. Oral Communication should be two part--one

at the beginning of the meeting and another at the end, each no longer

than two and one half minutes, Also there are many items on each agenda

over the years that do not need to be on the agenda,. Things like Council

approval of a traffic signal at some intersection, submitting bids for

advertisement, adoption of ordinances that should be communicated to the

general public, not just to the Council or a few who attend the Council

meetings, consent items, and more. If the city manager form of

government, which I think is out of date, can't handle these types of

things without the Council saying OK, then we are all in deep doo, doo!

The mish mash you received from Drayman on Oral Communications is another

example of doing nothing or even a "make work" project.

Dick S