The Owensboro City Commission could soon meet twice per month instead of three times.
City Manager Nate Pagan presented a proposed schedule during Tuesday’s Commission based on City officials’ feedback. The new schedule would call for a 5 p.m. meeting on the first Tuesday of each month and a 4 p.m. meeting on the third Tuesday.
The current schedule includes a 5 p.m. meeting on the first and third Tuesdays of the month and a 12 p.m. work session on the second Tuesday.
Under the new format, meetings on the third Tuesday would begin with presentations that would’ve been shown at the work session and then transition into action items like a regular meeting.
“We’ve done a few of these sort of hybrid commission and work session meetings over the last few months, and they have worked well,” Pagan said.
The idea of this was first presented at the July work session. Then, Pagan presented three options for the new schedule:
- A regular meeting at 5 p.m. on the first Tuesday of the month and 12 p.m. for a work session (which could be changed to a special called meeting if business is necessary) on the third Tuesday.
- A regular meeting at 5 p.m. on the first Tuesday of the month and a regular meeting at 12 p.m. on the third Tuesday.
- A regular meeting at 5 p.m. on the first Tuesday of the month, and a 4 p.m. work session on the third Tuesday, followed by a 5 p.m. regular meeting.
During that meeting, Commissioners Bob Glenn, Mark Castlen and Sharon NeSmith favored the third option, while Pagan and Commissioner Pam Smith-Wright recommended the second option.
As this was the first reading of the ordinance, there was no action taken.
