The Edmonds City Council is hosting a public town hall from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, April 18 and encourages residents to attend the meeting in person or via Zoom.
“This represents your council wanting to take our public engagement up a notch,” said Council President Vivian Olson. “Your councilmembers look forward to the conversations.”
The town hall will be at the Edmonds Public Works Building, 7110 210th St. S.W. The range of discussion topics are not limited but may include the city’s budget challenges and proposed steps to fiscal resiliency, options for Edmonds fire services, and the 2024 Comprehensive Plan. Questions will be taken from those attending in person or remotely via Zoom. Councilmembers will alternate providing brief responses.
Questions can be submitted in advance via email to council@edmondswa.gov. To participate in the Town Hall via Zoom click zoom.us/J/95798484261 — or paste the Zoom meeting link into a web browser using a computer or smart phone.
“Town halls” are supposed to be about open dialog and exchange of ideas. I hope this “town hall” is not another example of hand picking the questions so as only to present agendas that the City Council agrees with. We have too much of that going on in Edmonds.
This event is billed as COMMUNITY DIALOGUE. Below is format information from the Council’s Agenda page (their capitalization)~
AUDIENCE MEMBERS ATTENDING IN PERSON OR REMOTELY MAY OFFER A BRIEF (UP TO 2 MINUTES) QUESTION OR COMMENT. AFTER 5 OR SO QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBERS WILL ROTATE, AND RESPOND WITH A 3-4 MINUTE COMMENT. (100 MIN.)
The Public Works lunchroom is not very large, so best get there a little early.
Thanks for the info Roger–I didn’t see the Agenda.