Attachment 3From: John Shepardson [mailto:shepardsonlaw@me.com]
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 5:25 PM
To: Council
Subject: Meeting Issues 8/1/17
SRO
Does it really need to be for two years? What about one year?
Can we pay for social workers at a lower cost that can bring
equally effective or better results for the money spent?
FROM: SUBJECT:
JULY 14, 2017 TOWN COUNCIL
TOWN COUNCIL POLICY COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL ADOPT A RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
POLICY
"In addition, due to the proliferation of electronic data, staff believes it is appropriate to
explicitly acknowledge those records (or conversion) as “official records”, provided appropriate
administrative procedures are adopted for the creation, management, and storage of electronic
documents."
JS—Makes sense. More efficient government action because records easily accessible. More
transparency for public when make records requests.
"In order to establish an equitable process for the public to express their views during differing
portions of the agenda, staff recommends that the initial Verbal Communications portion of the
Agenda be capped at a total allocation of 30 minutes. At the conclusion of the first Verbal
Communications, the agenda will proceed onto the Public Hearings and Other Business sections
of the agenda. In the event additional speakers were not able to be heard during the initial
Verbal Communications portion of the agenda, an additional Verbal Communications section
can be opened prior to Adjournment. It should be noted, that a review of fourteen local
jurisdictions (Attachment 2) concluded that all but one have Verbal Communications
somewhere near the beginning of the meeting.”
JS—Is this really a problem? Shorten to 2.5 min.? Many that would speak that can’t at
beginning will probably just leave and thus not heard.
John Shepardson, Esq.
shepardsonlaw@me.com
59 N. Santa Cruz Avenue, Suite Q
Los Gatos, CA 95030
T: (408) 395-3701
F: (408) 395-0112
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