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Kennesaw mayor and council withdraw meeting-procedures revision after concerns about public-comment changes
Summary
After residents raised objections to proposed changes affecting public comment, the mayor asked the council to withdraw agenda item 8A — a meeting-procedures revision — and the council voted unanimously to remove the item for later consideration.
The Kennesaw mayor and council voted unanimously to withdraw a proposed revision to mayor-and-council meeting procedures after residents said it could limit public comment.
The issue surfaced during the public-comment period when Timothy Hine, who said he lives at 2059 White Oak Circle, told the council that new requirements to sign up and appear on camera would discourage residents from speaking and could prevent people from commenting until after decisions were made. "A lot of them already have an issue coming up here and saying their…
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