Starting July 8, Fayette County’s Board of Commissioners will begin its regular biweekly Thursday meetings at 5 p.m. instead of 6:30 p.m. The change was approved 4-0-1 on June 10, with Charles Rousseau absent and with no public comment. The schedule revision was made at the request of Eric Maxwell, who in 2017 led the effort to change the meeting start from what was then 7 p.m. Edward “Edge” Gibbons supported the measure, saying that the new time would be “great for our county employees who have to stay at this meeting.”
Chuck Oddo expressed concern that the new start time might prevent some working people from being able to attend. Based on the current agenda structure, the public comment portion occurs near the start of the meetings. Maxwell said he believes that “if it’s an [agenda] item that folks are interested in, they’ll show up,” but added that if the time change proves to be a major problem, the commissioners can revise it again.
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