Keep airing council meetings

It didn't take long for new Auburn City Manager Mark Palesh to figure out that the way that the city council conducts business on Thursday nights is not in the most efficient manner.

He is suggesting the council now meet to conduct votes every other week and use the intervening meetings for work sessions. This is an excellent idea that others have tried, but without success, for differing reasons. But it is again worth trying.

Palesh is also recommending that these work sessions be moved out of City Council Chambers and that they not be televised. These are recommendations the council should reject.