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D. COW2025-059 Community Relations Discussion – Jennifer Bennett Jennifer Bennett, Community Relations Director, discussed the following: • The current website is two years and nine months old • It is presented as council approved it Council members expressed that there is some difficulty navigating the homepage.

2025-05-15 · discussion no recorded action · minutes

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Authorization and later evidence are separate events. A later record does not by itself establish causal impact.

01 / THE PLACE

Start with the place. Then move through the votes, the dollars and the records that connect them.

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02 / THE VOTE

Follow the documented decision, its authorized next step and what the later record actually shows.

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03 / THE DOLLARS

Move from a fund to a department, an account, and the published spending lines beneath it.

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04 / YOUR STREET

Place public decisions alongside your address, city boundary and ward. Keep proximity and impact distinct.

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05 / THE ROOM

Open the meeting, its minutes and the documented motions. Read the vote in its original context.

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06 / THE EVIDENCE

Follow the citations and see the gaps. A later event and a council authorization are separate pieces of evidence.

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