Readers, apologies for typing the wrong month when Montage called attention to the September Council Meeting. I quickly put a notice on NextDoor and the Facebook of Loving MountainCity when I caught the error.
Our volunteer alderpersons went through a tough couple weeks before the September council meeting, with lost sleep, after creating a proposed budget that cut funding for Dumpster Days, Limb Days, and Loving Mountain City. No citizens attended the budget preparation meeting.
If citizens had been in attendance, their comments on proposed changes would only have been received after the meeting, one on one. Citizens cannot comment during a meeting. Comments can only be made beforehand, before the council goes through the agenda and (usually) votes on agenda items.
