by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
The Sartell City Council, on a 4-1 vote, decided at its last meeting to hold only one meeting per month during the summer months, with the option of holding extra ones if necessary.
That has been the council’s policy for several years, but at the last meeting council member David Peterson suggested the council should consider holding two meetings every month of the year, as had been done traditionally in the past.
Other council members agreed since a second meeting can be scheduled, if needed, there is no need to change the current policy for the summer months. In the summer, it’s sometimes difficult to hold two regularly scheduled meetings because of vacations taken by council members and/or staff. Leaving a second meeting as an option gives flexibility as to a meeting date, so it can be scheduled when all members will be available to attend.
During the rest of the year (except for December when there is also only one meeting on the second Monday), the council meets at 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of the month at Sartell City Hall. In the summer months of June, July and August (and in December), it meets only on the second Monday of each month, unless – as mentioned – there is a pressing need for a second meeting.
