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City council addresses issues during public meeting

Monday, August 22, 2016

by Tim Bondy

Mountain Home News

A new business development effort and a candidate running for the state supreme court highlighted the discussion as the city council meet Aug. 8.

After a few starts and goes, the city council established a quorum with Councilman Rich Urquidi and Mayor Rich Sykes unable to attend the meeting due to prior obligations.

Urquidi planned to attend the meeting through a conference call system. However, cellphone reception problems prevent him from connecting with the council. Meanwhile, the mayor was on a city business trip to Singapore.

Council president Geoff Schroeder, who was also out of town that evening, patched into the ...

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  • Why not cancel a meeting where no one attends. Surly these people knew they had other commitments and could have picked a new date. Dedication to your profession..........yup, dedication. Try planning ahead once. This is getting too common an occurence.

    -- Posted by goatbeard on Mon, Aug 22, 2016, at 8:32 AM
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    So a meeting was held but those overseeing the meeting were not physically present? WTH? Pick a different date and actually show up.

    -- Posted by B Mullen on Mon, Aug 22, 2016, at 11:04 AM
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