{"id":150,"date":"2020-11-17T16:26:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T00:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/voices\/?p=262"},"modified":"2020-11-17T16:34:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T00:34:42","slug":"opinion-put-on-a-giant-pot-of-coffee-for-tonights-marathon-city-council-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/voices\/uncategorized\/opinion-put-on-a-giant-pot-of-coffee-for-tonights-marathon-city-council-meeting","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Put on a giant pot of coffee for tonight’s marathon City Council meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re planning on following the City Council meeting<\/a> tonight (and, let\u2019s be honest, on into tomorrow) you had better be asleep right now if you plan to follow the city\u2019s governing group as it wades through a 78-item agenda that includes topics that might draw the maximum number of 20 public commenters giving their 90 seconds-worth.<\/p>\n

Just reading the agenda takes a long time and it\u2019s more of a chore than slogging through, say, \u201cThe Mill on the Floss.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dictionary-size agenda is the result of council meeting cancellations\u2014nothing on Election Day, Nov. 3, nothing on Nov. 10, and nothing next Tuesday (Nov. 24) because the council doesn\u2019t have meetings on the last Tuesday of the month and, with the tentative cancellation of the Dec. 1 meeting (due to the lack of agenda items), December will only have one meeting, on Dec. 15.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a fact that being a council member is a part-time job, but there are garden clubs that meet with greater frequency.<\/p>\n

So, for all the Tuesdays off during the COVID era, which is getting worse, not better, there\u2019s a busy and likely extra-long night for the council, which includes two lame ducks, 2nd District Council member Jeannine Pearce and 6th District Councilman Dee Andrews.<\/p>\n

Andrews himself is on the agenda, as the council will decide whether to name the Chittick Field Sports Complex after him<\/a>, and Pearce is pushing for the Bixby Park Dog Park to be renamed \u201cDr. Myrna \u201cMickey\u201d Donahoe Dog Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While those, and a large number of other issues on the agenda, including nearly 50 items on the consent calendar that are as non-controversial as anything can be said to be in these divisive times, are expected to be passed with no resistance, there are other items that can expect some public comment, including:<\/p>\n