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Councilmember proposes standard rules to lengthen and equalize public comment time
Summary
Councilmember Strauss introduced an amendment to Seattle City Council rules to expand the maximum public comment period from 20 minutes to up to one hour and to standardize per-speaker times based on the number of speakers; the change is scheduled for full council consideration at the next meeting.
Councilmember Strauss proposed an amendment to Seattle City Council rules that would extend the total public-comment window from “up to 20 minutes” to as much as one hour and standardize how much time each person receives to speak. The proposal aims to balance the council’s need to complete business with what Strauss described as a duty “to hear from our constituents” and to give members of the public predictable speaking time. Strauss told colleagues the change would set a schedule: if…
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