S. Lake Tahoe wants feedback on agenda items
South Lake Tahoe is launching eComment, a way to collect comments from citizens on agenda items.
It is designed to provide an easy way for people to give input and make participation in public meetings convenient. It is a web-based form that’s tightly integrated with the city’s published agenda. Residents can review agenda item details, indicate their position on an item and provide feedback.
All comments can be consolidated into a report and delivered to elected members prior to the meeting.
To utilize eComment, citizens must log onto the city’s website prior to a meeting, and click on “Agendas and Minutes” on the homepage. To submit a comment, click the eComment link next to an upcoming meeting’s agenda. The eComment feature is available for the June 2 City Council meeting.
Sounds like easy supplication for the masses. Report delivered before the meeting. Long enough to review it, consider it and then comment in the meeting addressing the issues brought forth in the report? Tempted to say “Harrrumph” here. Always better to make a personal appearance. A vocal show of numbers interacting and wanting answers is always going to be most effective. Unfortunately our “Social Media” here in Tahoe is never going to have the numbers to be truly effective.