Item 7 – Animal Advisory Committee
First off is this Animal Advisory Committee. For some background, there has been a steady drip of speakers over the past six months who have expressed grave concern over the vacuum of leadership at the Animal Shelter. The director position has been open for over a year. This item expands the committee’s scope. The committee just makes recommendations to City Council, though.
Immediately, Shane Scott moves to postpone this agenda item until March. It’s a weird move. He feels that this should wait until a director is hired, so that the new director can come in and forge a path.
If there was a new director starting in a week or two? Then sure. For a position which has been unfilled since October 2020? This makes no sense.
Anyway, postponement failed 6-1, and the expansion of the committee passed.
Item 22 – Setting the Agenda
The last 90 minutes of the meeting is occupied with this question of who sets the agenda for meetings. This gets into the weeds a bit. Basically, council meetings have a habit of going 6+ hours lately. They sometimes run until 2 or 3 am. It’s completely insane. (Frankly, I don’t understand why they don’t just meet weekly.)
I had a long, detailed post, and I deleted it for being ungodly boring. Setting the agenda is complicated and political. I am happy to share details if any of you want a long, boring read.
The San Marxist 