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Go See Speak Now!<\/h1>\n\n\n\nWhy attend ? Know before you go . . .<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
We try to highlight topics of \u201cunusual\u201d interest, point out documents posted, what questions folks should bring to meetings or events, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
City Council, Tues., Dec 5, 5:30 pm \u2013 Truth in Taxation 6 pm<\/mark><\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\nHopefully you\u2019ll be able to attend these meetings in City Hall, or watch from home. (Midco 11 and 98.) Counc Link: \u00a0Council packet<\/a>.<\/a>\u00a0 Check the City website again late Tues. for additions.\u00a0 There will also be a separate Truth in Taxation meeting. Link: \u00a0Truth in Taxation packet.<\/a>\u00a0Council will probably convene its meeting, pause for Truth in Taxation, and then continue with the regular Council meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMost important: Posting of openings for Commissioners whose terms expire the end of January<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This is Item #13,\u00a0 New Business C:\u00a0Advertise for Open Committee Seats that the term limits will be expiring or coming due in January 31, 2024.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>1)\u00a0 Did you know there were term limits?\u00a0 Do people continually stay on the Commission(s) until some maximum limit?\u00a0 Where is that posted on the official\u00a0Commission websites<\/a>, ordinances, or City Charter?\u00a0\u00a02) Why didn\u2019t City Hall provide a list of those upcoming open (?)\u00a0 positions, sorted by Commission, Committee or Board?\u00a0 Why does Council \u2013 or the public \u2013 have to search page-by-page, print or write out and then figure who reached their term limit, etc.?\u00a03) Will Council request, indeed demand, an open and fair process to fill those open (??) positions? What are the qualifications, the real ones and not the political ones?\u00a0 Do we really need \u201cexperts\u201d and lobbyists or people who think systemically and in the interest of Us the People?<\/mark><\/mark>4) Will Council address City Hall\u2019s proactive (politely phrased) seeking of a replacement of Commissioner Caruso on Planning and Zoning?\u00a0 Review Part C of the citizens\u2019 recording of P&Z meeting on Nov. 15th.\u00a0Part C =\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/bZLWQTG4xA4<\/a>\u00a0Includes discussions after P&Z meeting was adjourned<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/mark>P&Z Nov. 15 minutes \u2013 Is all this \u2013 more length and details \u2013 essential?\u00a0\u00a0<\/mark><\/mark>If you have time, compare pages 16-19 in the packet with YouTube recordings listed below.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Especially look at 5:23+ time marker on Part A when Council Member Angela Campbell reports. What did she say the citizen requested from Council on Nov 7th?\u00a0Codes of ethics, standards of conduct, conflict of interest and (finally) open meeting policies.<\/strong>\u00a0 The P&Z meetings only mention open meeting laws.\u00a0 Why didn\u2019t ethics, standards and conflicts make it to the minutes?\u00a0 Why filter or cleanse from the record?\u00a0 <\/mark><\/mark>This is why meetings need to be recorded and made public.\u00a0 Some individuals within City Hall, Council and Commissions want discussions about ethics, standards of behavior to go away.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well Being Development is presenting <\/strong>on Tuesday\u00a0\u2013 see pages 3-15 in the Council packet for their power point presentation in the Council packet.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minutes \u2013 Telecommunications Advisory Board (RAB) vs Park & Rec See TAB minutes <\/strong>for Nov 30th (page 22 in the packet). It would be nice if Park & Recreation minutes could be typed up, reviewed and approved by the Park & Rec Commissioners so expeditiously (one day turnaround). As it is now, it takes about 2 months for Park & Rec\u2019s official minutes to get posted publicly in the Council Packet. Is this a scheduling or processing issue? What can be changed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MN Dept of Health Water Testing Results<\/strong> Item #10 Communications (pages 35-37 in the Council packet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Item 9, Dept Reports, City Attorney<\/strong>. There\u2019s no documentation, of course, for a closed meeting per MN Statute 13D for Strategy for Ely Supervisors of Other than Essential Employees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
This was originally presented as a “page” instead of a “post” on our website back in 2023 when Citizens for Transparency first set up this website. Concerns addressed then about notices for open seats on commissions and ethics still exist. <\/p>\n
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Most important: Posting of openings for Commissioners whose terms expire the end of January<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This is Item #13,\u00a0 New Business C:\u00a0Advertise for Open Committee Seats that the term limits will be expiring or coming due in January 31, 2024.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>1)\u00a0 Did you know there were term limits?\u00a0 Do people continually stay on the Commission(s) until some maximum limit?\u00a0 Where is that posted on the official\u00a0Commission websites<\/a>, ordinances, or City Charter?\u00a0\u00a02) Why didn\u2019t City Hall provide a list of those upcoming open (?)\u00a0 positions, sorted by Commission, Committee or Board?\u00a0 Why does Council \u2013 or the public \u2013 have to search page-by-page, print or write out and then figure who reached their term limit, etc.?\u00a03) Will Council request, indeed demand, an open and fair process to fill those open (??) positions? What are the qualifications, the real ones and not the political ones?\u00a0 Do we really need \u201cexperts\u201d and lobbyists or people who think systemically and in the interest of Us the People?<\/mark><\/mark>4) Will Council address City Hall\u2019s proactive (politely phrased) seeking of a replacement of Commissioner Caruso on Planning and Zoning?\u00a0 Review Part C of the citizens\u2019 recording of P&Z meeting on Nov. 15th.\u00a0Part C =\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/bZLWQTG4xA4<\/a>\u00a0Includes discussions after P&Z meeting was adjourned<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n This was originally presented as a “page” instead of a “post” on our website back in 2023 when Citizens for Transparency first set up this website. Concerns addressed then about notices for open seats on commissions and ethics still exist. <\/p>\n This is a snapshot. Scroll down for working links. This is a snapshot. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[292,278,303,296,295,281,322,308,356,283],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2811"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2818,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2811\/revisions\/2818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/mark>P&Z Nov. 15 minutes \u2013 Is all this \u2013 more length and details \u2013 essential?\u00a0\u00a0<\/mark><\/mark>If you have time, compare pages 16-19 in the packet with YouTube recordings listed below.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Especially look at 5:23+ time marker on Part A when Council Member Angela Campbell reports. What did she say the citizen requested from Council on Nov 7th?\u00a0Codes of ethics, standards of conduct, conflict of interest and (finally) open meeting policies.<\/strong>\u00a0 The P&Z meetings only mention open meeting laws.\u00a0 Why didn\u2019t ethics, standards and conflicts make it to the minutes?\u00a0 Why filter or cleanse from the record?\u00a0 <\/mark><\/mark>This is why meetings need to be recorded and made public.\u00a0 Some individuals within City Hall, Council and Commissions want discussions about ethics, standards of behavior to go away.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well Being Development is presenting <\/strong>on Tuesday\u00a0\u2013 see pages 3-15 in the Council packet for their power point presentation in the Council packet.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minutes \u2013 Telecommunications Advisory Board (RAB) vs Park & Rec See TAB minutes <\/strong>for Nov 30th (page 22 in the packet). It would be nice if Park & Recreation minutes could be typed up, reviewed and approved by the Park & Rec Commissioners so expeditiously (one day turnaround). As it is now, it takes about 2 months for Park & Rec\u2019s official minutes to get posted publicly in the Council Packet. Is this a scheduling or processing issue? What can be changed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MN Dept of Health Water Testing Results<\/strong> Item #10 Communications (pages 35-37 in the Council packet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Item 9, Dept Reports, City Attorney<\/strong>. There\u2019s no documentation, of course, for a closed meeting per MN Statute 13D for Strategy for Ely Supervisors of Other than Essential Employees<\/p>\n\n\n\n