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Maplewood's pre-council meetings
The decision by the Maplewood City Council these gatherings and he's"not in favor of this."
members to re-instate pre-council agenda meetings is
one on which we are withholding our support tern- We acknowledge that council members are eager to
porarily. We'd simply prefer to see if Mayor John become thoroughly informed on all issues facing
Greavu's opinion is accurate. them. For that we commend them. We also note that
the length of many Maplewood council meetings has
GREAVU HAS declined to participate in these been critized by a number of citizens (including this
meetings which are conducted at 5 p.m. Monday newspaper).
preceding the scheduled council meetings, regularly
the first and third Thursdays of each month.
If these meetings will enable the officials to handle
The mayor said he will not attend because he city business with greater dispatch, we'll be pleased.
believes the scope of these meetings is greater than The gatherings are, we know, announced and no
their intended purpose. They are designed as in- attempt at secrecy has been made.
formational meetings, providing the council with an
opportunity to question staff on an informal basis We would hope that those attending would carefully
about their studies and recommendations. guard against making decisions there. Citizens must
be allowed to hear the tone of discussions and any
GREAVU SAYS he believes decisions are made at arguments aired before decisions are made.—JGR