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Board readopts rules and procedures, discusses chair discretion for limiting presentations
Summary
The board readopted its rules and procedures and debated whether to add limits on public comment and special-use-permit applicants, emphasizing chair discretion to curtail repetitive or lengthy presentations.
The Page County Board of Supervisors voted to readopt its rules and procedures after discussion about public comment limits and how to handle special-use-permit applicants.
Several supervisors raised concerns that applicants and their representatives sometimes occupy long stretches of meeting time. Board members and staff described a multi-draft effort in the planning commission to create language that would allow applicants more opportunity to present their materials while protecting meeting flow. One board member said the chair should have discretion to stop a repetitive or overly long presentation; another said that discretion should be used cautiously so applicants can present fully.
The board moved and seconded a motion to readopt the rules and procedures and approved it. Members were told they can amend the rules at any future meeting; staff said they will continue developing planning-commission language on special-use-permit presentation limits for the board’s later consideration.
