One afternoon this week, I dropped by what Albany now calls its Riverfont Community Center. I hadn’t been inside the place since just before it reopened last winter after being shut down for Covid.
The Albany City Council loves executive sessions where the public is excluded and reporters are allowed in but barred from reporting what they hear.
The subject of portable toilets just won’t die as far as the Albany City Council is concerned. On Wednesday the council voted down a porta-potty ordinance, but you can bet that in one form or another the topic will come up again.
The portable toilet outside First Christian Church in Albany was the focus once again as the city council engaged in another round of talk about it on Wednesday.
Portable toilets and magic mushrooms — what a combination. Both were among the topics that occupied the Albany City Council during its Monday work session.
Not many people took part in an online Albany poll on portable toilets. But of those who did, a majority said yes, Albany should “allow portable toilets on private property for public use.”
After closed session, here’s contract news
The Albany City Council missed a chance last week to let people learn about the new contract between the city and the union representing most of the employees in the police department.
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