Middlebury RDC debates whether speakers must identify town residency during public comment
Commissioners debated changing Rule 4 from requiring speakers to identify whether they are Middlebury residents to allowing them to do so voluntarily. Legal counsel said the commission does not have to hold public comment unless a public hearing is required; commissioners agreed to leave the rule as-is for now but consider whether the town council wants to make a similar change.
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The Middlebury Redevelopment Commission spent the longest portion of its July 23 meeting discussing whether to amend Rule 4 of its public-comment procedures so that attendees 'may' rather than 'must' state whether they are residents of the town.
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