As COVID-19 precautions ease up, Prairie Village appears to be one of the only cities still hosting virtual-only meetings. However, Mayor Eric Mikkelson on Wednesday morning told the Post the city has been working on plans to convert to hybrid meetings and is “waiting on some tech replacement parts to facilitate that.” “Of course our current plans to go hybrid could change if conditions deteriorate,” Mikkelson told the Post. When COVID-19 hit in March 2020, cities quickly shifted gears and took their regular meetings online with platforms like Zoom or GoToMeeting. Some cities like Lenexa returned to in-person meetings as early as summer 2020, while others like Shawnee and Merriam didn’t return to in-person meetings until May 2021 or later. Many cities like Westwood, Fairway and Mission are opting for a hybrid style, in which the city councilmembers meet in-person and the public can participate in-person or online.
Source: Prairie Village Post
