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Boone County Council adds five-minute council-comments item after debate over limits
Summary
After extended debate about whether to impose time limits on elected members’ remarks, the council voted 4–3 to add a council-comments item at the end of the agenda with a five-minute limit per meeting for council member remarks.
Boone County Council voted to add a council-comments item to the end of future agendas and to set a five-minute time limit for that section.
The council held an extended discussion about whether elected members should have a time-limited period to raise issues not on the agenda. Several council members opposed putting time limits on elected officials’ remarks, calling the idea a potential “slippery…
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