Could Common Council Be Suffering From Decision Fatigue

Studies have shown it's best if important decisions are made early in the day before decision fatigue sets in. So where does that leave Common Council where decisions involving the spending of millions of dollars are made late at night after marathon meetings.

Late night decisionmaking doesn't lead to good decisionmaking according to City Manager Pat Woods.

He's in favour of switching over to a committee form of local government where the time consuming debates would take place before the various committees at different times.

Woods also argues having so many items on the Council agenda with so little time to deal with them, limits public involvement.