A suggestion for the City Council on this committee thing

Never let it be said that I won’t stick my two cents in when no one has asked for it.

Tuesday evening five members of the City Council and Mayor Todd Webster convened in the training room of the Public Works Department to try to hash out the city’s unwieldy committee system. And, if the Mayor is correct and there are 21 citizen-driven committees advising the city council, that’s way too many.

So here are the committees I think the city could use:

1. Planning and Zoning
2. Library
3. Parks and Recreation
4. Civil Service
5. Board of Adjustments
6. Community Development
7. Cultural Affairs
8. Animal Shelter/Animal Control

That’s it. Eight committees could get the job done. If anyone has any questions on what the functions of each of the committee, simply comment at the end of the blog or send me an e-mail at poppel@twc.com. But for the most part I think the names of the committees speak for themselves.