Don't let council deny access

The Auburn City Council may vote Thursday on changing several past practices that taxpayers and more importantly, voters, should pay close attention to. The mayor and city councilors should not approve what is being proposed on the whole, without amendments.

Before them is a proposal to officially go to a schedule that includes work sessions, where every other week they will, in public, vote on items and during the other weeks have non voting sessions dedicated to working on specific issues. This should be approved.

If there is a fifth Thursday of the month, they will no longer meet. The work sessions will not be televised and will be moved out of City Council Chambers, unless there is an overflow crowd, to the small third floor Conference Room at City Hall, based on a decision made by new City Manager Mark Palesh, according to a member of city council. These later changes must not occur.