Got a matter of grave importance to bring before the Hamilton County Commission? Hope it can wait a week.
A week’s delay for citizens to speak to commissioners on items not on their agenda is part of a resolution that they are expected to vote on today. We’d like to see them table the resolution and tweak it.
We understand the tenor of the resolution. We’ve sat through meetings or watched online as individuals have wasted the commissioners’ time with matters over which they have no sway, issues not currently before the body or harangues that have nothing to do with policy they oversee.
But we believe there are times when county matters that have not bubbled up on the commissioners’ agenda, public malfeasance they may not be aware of, or, heaven forbid, an out-of-the-box idea that may help them on a matter being considered shouldn’t wait a week.
Could they be handled by a call to a county commissioner or a county department, or an email to either? Maybe, if they can get a call back, but neither has the immediacy and boldness of speaking directly to your county lawmakers.