Can you plan a town if you can't plan a meeting?

We were surprised when attending the town of Saratoga Planning meeting, that an agenda was not prepared prior to the Sept. 8 meeting.

Chairman Rory Grubb created an agenda on the fly which included discussing hiring a secretary that could attend meetings.

The currently contracted secretary was not at the meeting because of a conflicting work schedule as a police dispatcher.

The commission discussed the fact that the former Planning and Zoning Officer used to create the agendas and bring many action items to the commission.

“Chuck (Bartlett) would bring us a lot of building permits … we have no...