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Commission discusses protocol guidelines for meetings with applicants and the public
Summary
Commissioners debated draft protocol language that would require reporting formal meetings with applicants at the dais and clarified expectations about informal public interactions; some commissioners said they will avoid one‑on‑one meetings without staff present, others said they will attend community events to listen but not comment.
Fauquier County Planning Commission members on Jan. 16 discussed proposed protocol guidelines governing meetings between commissioners and applicants or members of the public.
Commissioner Diane Roteman (speaking as “Miss Herbert” in the transcript) said she is reluctant to meet privately with people who have business before the commission and prefers staff or other commissioners be present. “I will not meet with people who have business before the board, even if…
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