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Committee critiques draft public-comment policy as overly restrictive, directs streamlined version for review
Summary
Committee members described a two-page draft public-comment policy as cumbersome and politically motivated, and directed staff to prepare a simplified version that retains a five-minute speaker limit and allows limited follow-up questions from council members.
Members of Portage City’s Legacy Regulatory Committee criticized a proposed two-page public-comment policy as overly restrictive and directed staff to prepare a streamlined version that preserves a five-minute time limit and clarifies what council members may say in response.
Committee members said the draft placed too many limits on what speakers could say and on how aldermen could respond. One…
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