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Coppell council to ask Texas Municipal League to push state clarifications on citizen comments, e-bikes and budget notice timing
Summary
During work session the Coppell City Council previewed three proposed resolutions for the Texas Municipal League asking state action to codify public-comment procedures, reclassify e-bikes, and move the budget notice date closer to certified appraisal values.
In a work session before its Aug. 26 regular meeting, the Coppell City Council reviewed three proposed resolutions it plans to submit to the Texas Municipal League asking the League to sponsor state-level changes on citizen-comment rules, e-bike classification and the timing of required budget notices.
"The first one is to let the state codify the language for the citizen's comments," Mayor said during the work session, describing the first draft resolution as a proposal to put city-level public-comment rules into state statute. The council discussed the benefit of uniform statewide language to reduce liability and avoid a patchwork of different city rules.
On the second item, councilmembers and staff described complaints about electric bicycles and asked the League…
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