excerpts from city council meeting 12/06/07

citizen commentary:

ed hegelstein on the re-naming of the village at hospital hill
ed shanahan on the forbes library board of trustees
gene tacy
deb jacobs
a man from public housing on fruit street

citycouncil120607_citcomment.mp3

for full text of ed shanahan's commentary, goto downstreet.net:
http://www.downstreet.net/archives/ForbesCityCouncilStatement.htm

city council amends best practices resolution; opens the best practices committee to all citizens, including those who are already affiliated with city government.

citcounc120607_bestpractices.mp3

City Council Deliberates "Best Practices"

On Tuesday, November 15, the Northampton City Council heard public testimony on the proposal for establishing a committee to examine best practices in municipal decision-making. There has been a bit of controversy over how this committee should be selected, whether people who currently serve on committees should be excluded, and what the balance between citizens and city council members should be.

the first playlist contains citizen commentary; the second contains highlights from the deliberations of the City Council.

You may have to wait a minute for the files to initially load to the buffer of your computer--but once they're there you should be able to listen unimpeded.