January Forum - DECISIONS BY COMMITTEE: WHO'S RUNNING CITY GOVERNMENT?
With 17 citizen committees and more on the way, it’s time for Bend to evaluate its committee system. What role do committees serve? Are they efficient, transparent, and accountable? Do they encourage citizen input? How do they assimilate technical information? Who controls the information disseminated to the committees? As between committees, council, and staff, who is minding who? How do other cities make decisions? Can improvements to the committee system be made? Who is running City government?
For answers to these questions and more, join City Club and moderator Bill Buchanan for a conversation with the following panelists:
- Sally Russell, City Councilor
- Nathan Boddie, City Councilor-elect
Commentators include:
- Ned Dempsey, Mirror Pond Management Committee member and Co-Founder of Century West Engineering
- Keith Witcosky, Redmond City Manager and former staffer for the Portland Development Commission
- Sid Snyder, UGB Remand Task Force member, software engineer, and former grave digger
Parking at the hospital is at a premium, so save frustration by signing up for carpooling at Drive less. Connect. Share your drive with other City Club members and continue the conversation after the forum.
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