So I am way behind on picking up on this because I have been relying on contact info I already had for members of the Common Council, but I was please to see that the printed pamphlet with the 2007 Albany Common Council calendar and contact info for the council members has a lot more information it in than previous iterations. Things like:
- a description of how to comment at council meetings and public hearings
- an explanation of who the people sitting up at the dais during council meetings are
- a description of how the president pro tempore and majority leader are chosen and what they do
- a listing not only of the committees and their chairs, but also the city boards, their purposes, and when they meet
It's a small thing, but it's one of those small symbolic things that can a lot about governmental attitudes toward participation. Kudos to whoever added it in there.
(You can pick up your own copy at the Common Council office of City Hall, Room 206.)
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