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Council adopts limited change to rules: non‑agenda public comments no longer live streamed; other procedural changes remain under discussion
Summary
Palm Bay's council voted 3-2 to adopt a narrow change to council procedures that will stop live streaming of non‑agenda public comments. The council did not adopt broader decency and presentation-time changes proposed in staff draft; debate included First Amendment concerns and staff capacity and FCC issues.
The Palm Bay City Council voted 3-2 to amend its meeting procedures to stop live streaming the non‑agenda public comments portion of regular meetings. Other elements in the staff draft — including stricter time or content controls and a 48‑hour pre‑submission requirement for visual presentations — were discussed but not adopted as part of this motion.
The proposed revisions had been introduced to address recurring problems staff…
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