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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING February 27, 2023 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 22 of 22 The Council reviewed the past formats and schedules for work sessions over the last few years and ideas for how it would work to confirm the next work session on each Council agenda. City Attorney Mattick said I'm not trying to weigh in on the pros and cons but like your March 13 meeting, the gold standard would be for the Council to cancel that meeting, not put that on staff. Now. I'm not saying staff hasn't ever canceled a meeting because there's no agenda. We've done that. And I think as long as we put up notices, there's an argument to do it that way. But the gold standard certainly wouldn't be if you guys don't want to meet on March 13, that would come from the Council. Benson said her concern is that Council is going to just decide to cancel work session after work session. I'm just saying it again, this is staff’s opportunity every two weeks to have Council together to work out issues, to provide education, whatever it is. We're reducing that ability for staff to be in communication with a quorum of the Council. And that's where my issue comes in is that I don't appreciate feeling rushed. And I don't know anyone does. So I just want to ensure that if we're having a work session, that it's not like, well, we could probably do that in 10 minutes, when that is an opportunity to engage and ask questions, because again, that's the only time we're able to be together. I'm just not interested in whittling away at the ability of the Council in a forum with staff to be able to talk about issues and not feel rushed. That's important to me. Seals asked is it fair to say this would be a running agenda item? Adam can say this is an important topic, we need this amount of time. I’m comfortable with it. It helps me to know what is coming. Johnson moved, Walsh seconded, to cancel the March 13 City Council Work Session. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. ADJOURNMENT Walsh moved, Johnson seconded, to adjourn the meeting at 8:57 p.m. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. ATTEST: _____________________________________ _______________________________________ Anna Carlson, City Clerk Dennis Walsh, Mayor