Amador County – The Sutter Creek City Council last week worked on public policy to handle requests from citizens for agenda space, and also directed staff to continue negotiations on the purchase of the Knight Foundry. Assistant City Manager Sean Rabe said after a closed session January 4th, the council reported that it had directed staff to “continue moving forward with the new offer to the owner” of the Knight Foundry. The offer was based on a revised offer given to the city council in closed session. Rabe could not discuss details of negotiations, ongoing between City Manager Rob Duke and Knight Foundry LLC. The council also directed Rabe to revise a draft policy regarding public requests for items to be placed on the city council agenda. He said Sutter Creek did not “really have a procedure,” so he created an application form and draft procedure, and submitted them to the city council for review. The draft policy would have required the city council to consider requests for agenda space in open session, and decide in that open session whether to place a requested item on the agenda for a later meeting. It would have required only one vote to place it on an agenda, but would have added the step of requiring that initial council action. The council instead directed changes to streamline the procedure. Rabe said the council requested that the draft policy would allow the Mayor make decisions on public requests for the placement of items on city council agendas. If the mayor denies it, the person requesting the agenda item could then go before the city council and make a case to appeal the decision. Rabe said it did not mean allowing time for a Power Point presentation during the hearing of “public matters not on the agenda.” Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.