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Okeechobee County amends meeting rules to clarify public comment timing and speaker card terminology
Summary
The commission approved changes to administrative regulations and the county's decorum ordinance to clarify that public comment may occur near the beginning of meetings and to standardize terminology for speaker cards; the changes were vetted for legal compliance.
The Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners approved revisions to administrative regulation 3.09 and related decorum rules to clarify how and when public comments and public hearings are scheduled during regular meetings.
County staff told the board the revisions remove a prior requirement that public hearings be placed on the consent agenda for…
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