

“At the beginning of council meetings there is general public comment for things that are not listed on the agenda,” she said. So citizen participation is going to really ramp up I imagine and I'm really excited about it.”įor those who have never attended a city council meeting, Vasecka provided details on protocol for public comment. “Then when COVID hit and we went on ZOOM, it went from probably having 30 people in the audience that having one or two in the audience. “When I first got on council back in 2020, we had so many people show up to all the meetings because they had concerns about what was on the agenda or just other community concerns that they wanted to share with council members face to face,” she said. Vasecka said she was disappointed to see public participation drop to near zero once COVID drove the city council meetings onto ZOOM. we will be doing a hybrid meeting, so you can come in person or you can still participate via ZOOM if you are uncomfortable coming in person.”


“So starting this Monday the 14th at 6:00 p.m. “So on Wednesday we went to council chambers to test the hybrid setup and all the technology works perfectly,” said Vasecka.
