For the second time in a row, the seats sat empty at city council.

Monday's council meeting was cancelled and municipal services committee was unable make recommendations on agenda items, as less than the five councillors required to make quorum were able to show up for duty.

Couns. Julian Bell, Linda Bussey and Adrian Bell SA国际影视传媒� who was acting as deputy mayor - were the only ones to arrive for the noon-hour meeting.

The previous meeting was scheduled for July 24, and only couns. Rommel Silverio, Adrian Bell, Steve Payne and Mayor Mark Heyck turned up.

Jason Perrino, owner of Twist & Shout, arrived to both municipal services committee meetings ready to make a presentation on behalf of his restaurant, and both times, he went away disappointed.

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He wasn't informed before either meeting that the quorum hadn't been reached. As of press time, he hadn't heard from the city when he'd be rescheduled.

Stephanie Vandeputte, communications and economic development officer with the city, says this week's vacancies couldn't be helped.

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Vandeputte added everyone else on the schedule, other than Perrino, had chosen to make their presentation regardless.

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Two items on the agenda, the repaving of Hall Crescent and the Dene Nahjo Urban Hide Tanning Camp, will be addressed at a special council meeting at 1:05 p.m. today, due to SA国际影视传媒渢ime sensitivitySA国际影视传媒� of the issues, wrote Vandeputte.

The Aug. 14 meeting will be rescheduled with a tentative date of Aug. 21, pending the approval of Acting Mayor Adrian Bell, according to Vandeputte, although she expressed doubt enough councillors will be around to make quorum for that meeting either.

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Coun. Julian Morse said it's unfortunate to see this happen twice in a row.

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Council drops down to just two meetings a month over the summer to accommodate summer vacations. Coun. Bell suggested summer months aren't the best time to make presentations, as even if council makes quorum, as it's unlikely the full team will be on board.

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The city wasn't able to provide consolidated attendance records, but going over the minutes of meetings stretching back to July 11, 2016 to June 26 - the last time minutes were posted - Yellowknifer found that across the 22 council meetings, the full compliment of eight councillors and mayor had been in attendance 13 times.

Fact file:

By the numbers

Attendance for MSC meetings (July 11, 2016 - June 26, 2017)

Heyck: 38

Alty:31

Bell:39

Bussey: 36

Konge: 37

Morgan: 35

Morse: 38

Payne: 35

Silverio: 29

Attendance for council meetings (July 11, 2016 - June 26, 2017)

Heyck: 20

Alty: 21

Bell: 21

Bussey: 21

Konge:19

Morgan: 19

Morse: 21

Payne- 18

Silverio: 18