Commissioners return to daytime meetings

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. What goes around seems to eventually come around. There was a time in the 1980s and early 90s when the Jefferson County Commission held only morning meetings, on the first and third Thursdays of each month. Then a group of citizens complained that their jobs prevented them from attending and participating in daytime meetings, and the board changed its policy to include one evening meeting per month.In a bow to the citizens, the board also agreed to reserve the potentially controversial topics for the evening meetings so as to allow for citizen input. And eventually, the board decided to switch to evenings for both meetings, especially as public partic