Council Watch: Keeping a mind's eye on city governance so you don't have to

Yawn, stretch, grumble: It's Monday morning! Also, because of reasons even we can't understand, the city of Orlando is choosing to hold its City Council meeting at 10 a.m., a time usually reserved for workshopping hangovers. What that means in the larger context is that there will be no "second reads" on ordinances that have already had first reads, because the notices for second reads were misleading in that they cited the typical 2 p.m. Monday dance-off – one second read was going to be about the city's picketing ordinance, which we covered here.  Instead, we're going all consent agenda (things that have already been decided behind the doors of City Hall's second floor) and, therefore, all nodding faces and Daytimer recounts. 
Apparently, because nobody will say for sure, the promoters behind the Rolling Stones concert at the Citrus Bowl (because this is 1978) are in need of additional seating – like 3,500 more seats for the June 12 show – so the venues department will be forking over $126,751 (or about $35 a seat), which it will make back tenfold, because the Stones, man. 
Elsewhere, the city is accepting a grant from the Department of Homeland Security for "Urban Search and Rescue" and "HazMat" programs totaling some $55,000, hiring on some more folks for its questionable red-light camera program and generally getting excited about a $9 million Florida Department of Transportation grant for an overpass over Highway 50 connecting the Dinky Line Trail and Gertrude's Walk (or, basically, making it easier to get to the venues). Hooray! Sweet nothings! See you at 10. 

10:05 a.m.: Nobody freak out. We've just confirmed that the agenda review is running long, so the sweet sound of civic duty will become public in mere moments. We can't hardly wait. 
10:19 a.m.: Just heard Regina say "girl power," but we won't be posting a Spice Girls video.