The town of Elon held a town council meeting Oct. 8 to address scheduling council meetings and reaffirm policies pertaining to committees and committee appointees.
2025 council meetings, holiday schedules
Council meetings for 2025 and the holiday schedule were decided at this meeting and will be posted tomorrow morning. For the next two upcoming months, the meeting Nov. 10 was rescheduled to Nov. 17 and both Nov. 24 and Dec. 23 were canceled due to holiday rush, a motion passed by Randy Orwig.
Committee policies, procedures
The town council reaffirmed their bylaws, stating committees should consist of residents of Elon unless there is specific expertise needed or the potential member has vested interest. Each committee is also able to adopt their own procedures in order to run their meetings as they see fit. Mayor Emily Sharpe spoke about the need for residents to be the majority on committees.
“It should be the majority,” Sharpe said. “ The majority vote within that committee should live in town, because ultimately, the people that live in town are the ones who are going to be paying for any changes.”
The mayor retains the ability to appoint ad hoc committees; Committee appointees have three-year terms and three-term limits — though these term limits can be waived by the Town council.
Halloween events
- The United Church of Christ is also hosting a Trunk or Treat event Oct. 27 from 4 to 6 p.m.
- The Farmer’s Market on Oct. 31 will be held in the church parking lot.