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Panama City public‑comment rules prompt heated public and commissioner debate; commission agrees to reopen comments and study changes
Summary
Public speakers and commissioners clashed over recent changes to citizen comment procedures; after multiple residents urged restoring broader in‑meeting public comments, the commission agreed to allow open public comments for agenda and non‑agenda items and to workshop the rules at a future meeting.
A contentious discussion over public‑comment rules dominated a portion of the Panama City Commission meeting on June 24 as residents and commissioners disagreed over limits on non‑agenda remarks and how the rules were adopted.
Several members of the public said recent changes effectively restricted citizens from speaking about matters not on the meeting agenda. Jerry Parker of the Beacon of Bay County said the change “is stifling the citizen from being able to come up here and voice their opinion…
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