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Residents and a mayoral candidate say trespass ban, staff responses limit access to records; council heard complaints
Summary
During public comment at the Stevensville Town Council meeting Aug. 28, residents and a mayoral candidate's letter raised concerns that a candidate, Jim Cruz, has been trespassed from Town Hall and that staff have been answering council members without mayoral recognition, citing Robert's Rules and town council rules.
Residents criticized how Town Hall has handled public access to records and who may speak during council meetings, and asked the mayor to rescind a trespass order against a mayoral candidate. At the Aug. 28 Stevensville Town Council meeting, speakers raised two linked concerns: that Jim Cruz, who is running for mayor, was trespassed from Town Hall and therefore cannot access records or attend council meetings, and that town staff routinely answer council members' questions without the mayor first recognizing them, which residents said violates meeting rules. The matter began with a public commenter who identified their address as 305 Sixth Street and said, "person who's running, Jim Cruz, who is a candidate for mayor. He has been trespassed by the current mayor. On the papers…
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