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2.2. COUNCILMEMBER MORGAN REQUEST TO DISCUSS PUBLIC ATTENDANCE AT FUTURE MEETINGS
At its meeting of 5/7/20, the Council approved a request from Councilmember Morgan to discuss public attendance at future meetings.
The county just got some fresh new cases if Covid-19. We’re in phase 2. It’s too soon to open to the public, but I agree with having comments read at meetings as if we were there.
Sadly, I don't trust what you do without the public present, & I don't always trust what you do when we are present. But what I should be able to trust is that the public will have their words read aloud during meetings. Open meetings back up, as you have failed to stick to solely essential business & worse, you don't read our comments aloud, so we wonder if you bother to read them. Allow social distancing, use the ante chamber, & wear masks. Also allow characters equal to a two minute speech!
I can go to a restaurant that social distants. So I can go to a City Council mtg that does too. If not, YOU ARE SAYING THAT the STAFF can't figure out how to set up social distancing at the mtgs. For those that don't feel comfortable, DON'T ATTEND. We have tested plenty. Enloe is EMPTY with COVID patients. They have taken down their tents & overflow at Rehab Center. SCIENCE is what the majority of the council speaks about so the medical science tells me to OPEN UP COUNCIL MEETINGS.
Keep it closed down for now, wait to see how those blatantly open bars, churches, salons, and restaurants impact us!
When we open, require masks of everyone (including council) to be worn to attend in person- count on fake claims of not being able to wear one and be prepared to shut meetings back down if people won't cooperate. Reassess at end of June, and please, start reading our comments out loud at the meetings, we can tell they have been regularly dismissed. Thank you.
I personally believe we should wait for more time and all testing results come in. I want to be there to speak but am in favor of safe distance and keeping my iminine compromised mom safe
Unfortunately I think the meetings should remain closed right now. Politics shouldn't enter in to public health decisions, but I think it's fairly obvious that the "open now" and "continue to shelter" camps fall into two very different political ideologies. Opening before most people feel safe will skew the meeting attendance to the hard right.
The public should be allowed to attend council meetings with proper safety guidelines in place. If public is not allowed to start attending council meetings yet then our comments should all be read out loud. I don’t trust that every council member is actually reading them during the council meetings.
I support re-opening meetings to the public. If that is not going to happen right away, then at the very least please have public comments read aloud. Confidence that the public is being heard/thoughts considered is rapidly diminishing in the status quo.
Since you do not read the public comments out loud the only other reasonable action is to allow people to comment in person. No more silencing the public.
Surely the public could return to meetings by the use of masks and social distancing. Restaurants have figured it out already! If that can’t happen, our emails and input need to read read aloud in their entirety. Otherwise, the council is shutting out the voice of the people who they were elected to represent.
Public attendance is vital. You made a resolution to meet only once a month for essential business. You have dismally failed by having more meetings than ever, without an audience. You all work for the people, not your personal agendas. People need to be heard.
Council meetings REQUIRE public attendance. Limiting concerns/comments to 500 characters is an abuse of authority and prevents oversight from the people who elected you.
The purpose of the council is to hear the people. We have elected you to do so. Comments were not read as they should have been. Speakers should be allowed moving forward at meetings.
Comments written are not read aloud as they should have been. The only way for anyone to be heard by this council is to speak in person. For transparency and fairness, the council should be open to the public.
The county just got some fresh new cases if Covid-19. We’re in phase 2. It’s too soon to open to the public, but I agree with having comments read at meetings as if we were there.
I support allowing public attendance at future meetings.
Silencing the public must stop. Read our comments aloud.
Sadly, I don't trust what you do without the public present, & I don't always trust what you do when we are present. But what I should be able to trust is that the public will have their words read aloud during meetings. Open meetings back up, as you have failed to stick to solely essential business & worse, you don't read our comments aloud, so we wonder if you bother to read them. Allow social distancing, use the ante chamber, & wear masks. Also allow characters equal to a two minute speech!
I can go to a restaurant that social distants. So I can go to a City Council mtg that does too. If not, YOU ARE SAYING THAT the STAFF can't figure out how to set up social distancing at the mtgs. For those that don't feel comfortable, DON'T ATTEND. We have tested plenty. Enloe is EMPTY with COVID patients. They have taken down their tents & overflow at Rehab Center. SCIENCE is what the majority of the council speaks about so the medical science tells me to OPEN UP COUNCIL MEETINGS.
Keep it closed down for now, wait to see how those blatantly open bars, churches, salons, and restaurants impact us!
When we open, require masks of everyone (including council) to be worn to attend in person- count on fake claims of not being able to wear one and be prepared to shut meetings back down if people won't cooperate. Reassess at end of June, and please, start reading our comments out loud at the meetings, we can tell they have been regularly dismissed. Thank you.
I personally believe we should wait for more time and all testing results come in. I want to be there to speak but am in favor of safe distance and keeping my iminine compromised mom safe
Unfortunately I think the meetings should remain closed right now. Politics shouldn't enter in to public health decisions, but I think it's fairly obvious that the "open now" and "continue to shelter" camps fall into two very different political ideologies. Opening before most people feel safe will skew the meeting attendance to the hard right.
The public should be allowed to attend council meetings with proper safety guidelines in place. If public is not allowed to start attending council meetings yet then our comments should all be read out loud. I don’t trust that every council member is actually reading them during the council meetings.
I support re-opening meetings to the public. If that is not going to happen right away, then at the very least please have public comments read aloud. Confidence that the public is being heard/thoughts considered is rapidly diminishing in the status quo.
Since you do not read the public comments out loud the only other reasonable action is to allow people to comment in person. No more silencing the public.
Public attendance is vital!
Surely the public could return to meetings by the use of masks and social distancing. Restaurants have figured it out already! If that can’t happen, our emails and input need to read read aloud in their entirety. Otherwise, the council is shutting out the voice of the people who they were elected to represent.
You have proven you can't be trusted to work in the shadows. Simple as that.
Public attendance is vital. You made a resolution to meet only once a month for essential business. You have dismally failed by having more meetings than ever, without an audience. You all work for the people, not your personal agendas. People need to be heard.
Council meetings REQUIRE public attendance. Limiting concerns/comments to 500 characters is an abuse of authority and prevents oversight from the people who elected you.
It’s time to return the governance of the City of Chico to the people of Chico. Open up the Chambers.
The purpose of the council is to hear the people. We have elected you to do so. Comments were not read as they should have been. Speakers should be allowed moving forward at meetings.
Comments written are not read aloud as they should have been. The only way for anyone to be heard by this council is to speak in person. For transparency and fairness, the council should be open to the public.
We can return to chambers with spacing and precautions. The public deserves to be in the room when decisions are made that impact all of us.