http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/05/03/transportation-talk-at-city-council-caucus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=transportation-talk-at-city-council-caucus it's like being there Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/05/03/transportation-talk-at-city-council-caucus/comment-page-1/#comment-45192 Karen Sidney Mon, 03 May 2010 17:19:29 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=42550#comment-45192 Budget amendments are rarely drafted during council meetings. Amendments to the FY11 budget on how to spend the $2 million in DDA public parking money will be drafted before the May 17 meeting. Those amendments will be prepared with the help of staff and circulated to some council members. There is no reason why the contents of the proposed amendment should be known to only a few. It’s not a violation of the open meetings act to circulate the proposed amendment to all council members and the public before the meeting. They just cannot have an email discussion about it. If the budget amendments were posted to the city’s website, the public could use council caucus to provide input about whether or not they agreed with the amendments.

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