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Commission applies recent rules on public comment to workshop under Resolution2025-03
Summary
The commission voted to apply Resolution2025-03, the rules adopted at the last regular meeting limiting public comment to three minutes and microphone requirements, to the evening's workshop.
At the start of the workshop the commission applied a recently adopted procedural rule to the workshop session. Town Clerk Gammel Brown identified the resolution number as "Resolution2025Dash03." A commissioner then moved that the commission "adhere the rules that were voted on at the last meeting ... to the town workshop this evening," and the motion passed on a voice vote; the chair recorded the result as four in favor and none opposed.
Commissioners discussed a procedural concern raised by one speaker who suggested a small charter inconsistency might render the resolution ineffective; commissioners noted the charter review committee could address any required charter language changes. The commissioner who raised the concern suggested, "We can, at any meeting, choose to suspend our rules," and asked whether a motion to suspend would be needed before enforcement; after confirming the resolution had not yet been signed the commission moved to apply the rules to the workshop.
The applied rules include the three-minute public-comment limit and a requirement that speakers use a microphone; the chair reminded residents that public comment on agenda topics would be allowed during the specific agenda item periods.
No legal text beyond the resolution number was introduced at the workshop; commissioners asked staff to make the resolution text available for reference.
