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Commission adopts Pledge, agrees to a reflection and narrows repetitive-language limiting public input
Summary
The study commission voted to place the Pledge of Allegiance on its agenda, to develop a brief commissioned 'reflection' for meetings, and to remove a sentence in the bylaws that would have deemed prepared statements "unduly repetitious." Members also affirmed a 3-minute public comment guideline with one dissent.
The Silver Bow County Study Commission voted to add the Pledge of Allegiance to its order of business and agreed to adopt, for review at the next meeting, a brief reflection modeled on the county commissioners’ language.
Commissioners also amended proposed bylaws to remove a sentence that would have labeled prepared public statements that are read aloud as “unduly repetitious.” The commission voted to keep a three-minute guideline for public comment, a time limit one commissioner later noted carried a single dissent.
Why it matters: The commission’s bylaws will govern how the public engages with the body and how the commission…
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