About that "new" regularly scheduled meeting for Davidson's Commissioners...

First of all, apologies to the readers for letting this one slip by me, but I was as surprised as many of you were at the notice today regarding a new "regularly scheduled" meeting for Davidson's Town Board scheduled for tomorrow, the first Tuesday of the month.

Here's the info on what that meeting will be.

Until April's Regular Board meeting where this change was put through as part of the "consent" agenda, the Davidson Board met on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday's of the month for the Regular meeting and a Work Session respectively.  The Board also has begun meeting over the past several months at commissioners' homes on a monthly basis for a "Special Meeting" aka "team building".  (See here for more on those meetings to decide if you think they are really just "team building".)

The new meeting on the 1st Tuesday of the month is actually a replacement of the old small group meetings held with 1-2 commissioners and Town Staff.  These small meetings did not meet the criteria for the State Open Meetings Law and were therefore not open to the public.  This new meeting will be open to the public and is a step in the right direction towards transparency.  (It would be better if it wasn't in the afternoon when people are at work, but it's a step in the right direction nonetheless.)

While this meeting had not published agenda, per an email for the Town's information officer, Christina Shaul, the following items will be discussed:

- FY 13-14 budget update
- Davidson retirement residence
- Film ordinance
- Bank robbery
- Pedestrian and bike safety program development
- Town Day 2013, ideas for 2014

Ms Shaul also verified that no votes will occur at these new 1st Tuesday meetings even though a quorum will be present.

Now, if we can just get video recording of the Regular meetings (at least) and truly meaningful meeting minutes, that would be some real progress.

The updated meeting calendar with all of these meetings can be found here.