[Livingwage] watch the Champaign city council Tues, Dec 17

[Carolyn Mullally]

Dear Living Wage Supporters,

The following is part of an email note from Kathy Ennen, Champaign City 
Council Member who will forward our request for a study session.  If at all 
possible, watch the council meeting tonite at 7 pm (or tape it and watch it 
later).  I think she makes a good point about becoming acquainted with how 
the City of Champaign Council works.

Note that we will be asking for the study session on January 21, but that 
we won't know the schedule for study sessions immediately.

carolyn mullally

 From Kathy Ennen:

It would be helpful if you and others from the LWA watched a couple 
meetings on Channel 5 on Tuesday evening so you can see how the process 
works ... we meet tomorrow for a regular meeting. Then we do not meet again 
until first Tuesday in January because the remaining Tuesdays fall on 
official state holidays, the 24th and 31st. Study sessions are on the 
second and fourth Tuesdays each month.

        I will pass the appropriate form to my fellow council members for 
the study session at the meeting. It is a very simple form asking for their 
initials of approval to hold a study session to explore the issue of the 
Living Wage for the City of Champaign with Representatives of the Living 
Wage Association and City Staff.

You will be notified by City staff when the session is scheduled and they 
will need to meet with you to develop the report for Council. When LW is 
scheduled will depend on what else is coming up for study sessions during 
the first few months of the new year. LW is an important issue but it is 
not a priority issue so it may be 4! -6 weeks after the 21st before it is 
scheduled...just depends on other items needing our work and staff's time 
to work with you to put together the report to Council. All Council 
meetings are open to public. The meeting agendas are published in The News 
Gazette on Mondays.

        Hope this answers your questions ... it is very important that the 
LWA reps to our council meeting take the time to come or watch a meeting so 
they have a feel for how we do business ... different from Urbana's meetings.




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