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COMMISSION AGENDA
ADD-ON
ITEM H
Consent
Informational
Public Hearing
Regular X
May 24, 1999
Meeting
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Mgr. 1 Dept.
Authorization
REQUEST:
The Mayor is Requesting that the City Commission Set a Date to Hold a
Workshop on Commission Meeting Procedures.
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this Agenda Item is to have the Commission designate a date to
hold a Workshop on matters involving Commission Meeting procedures.
FUNDING:
None.
IMPLEMENTATION:
The date designated by the Commission for discussion of this issue, will be
noticed in the standard manner for a public meeting.
ATTACHMENT:
. Letter from Mayor Paul P. Partyka
COMMISSION ACTION:
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
1126 EAST STATE ROAD 434
WINTER SPRINGS. FLORIDA 32708-2799
Telephone (407) 327-1800
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
May 19, 1999
TO: City Commission
RE: Workshop on Commission Meeting Procedures
I would like to have a workshop on meeting procedures.
Consistently our meetings are long and we continually get bogged down. I believe we can improve our
meetings if we take some time to educate ourselves.
It is unfortunate that we didn't have an orientation on parliamentary procedures. If we did, our meetings
would be more efficient. Interestingly newly elected officials at the state and federal level have
orientations in this area as part of their transition plan for new officials. Unfortunately, we don't have
this in our city. Perhaps we should for future new officials.
In the meantime, I will suggest at the next Commission meeting that we conduct a workshop on this
matter. I have asked Marilyn Crotty from the Tri-County League of Cities/UCF for her suggestion. She
suggested that I bring Ms. Randi Sutpin, who is an expert on parliamentary procedures. Her book,
"Basic Parliamentary Procedures for Government Bodies" is used throughout Central Florida. I have
talked to her and she thought it was a good idea and would help us be better elected officials. Based on
her schedule and our workshop schedule, Monday June 7 at 6:30 PM seems to work. The workshop
should take l-II2 hours. Randi's goal is for us to save hours of time in our meetings. This would be
good for us and, importantly, for our citizens that attend our meetings.
Wouldn't it be nice to end meetings by 9 or 10 PM (the original intent of the earlier start time) and with
more productivity? That's her goal and should be our goal. Hopefully, you concur.
Sincerely,
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