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Murrieta council workshop sets clearer public‑comment and agenda procedures
Summary
At a Feb. workshop staff and council agreed on objective standards for public comment and clarified how consent items, proclamations and agenda requests will be handled; the council directed staff to return formal policy language for adoption.
Murrieta Mayor Warren and the City Council at a special workshop agreed on clearer, written standards for public comment and several agenda procedures the city clerk will bring back for formal adoption.
The council, after extended discussion, directed staff to draft a public‑comment rule that sets a baseline of three minutes per speaker and allows groups of three or more to combine for a maximum of six minutes. Councilmember DeForest said, "we should stick to our three minutes and with groups of three or more, allow them to have six minutes to speak on behalf of the group." The council also confirmed that the mayor may exercise limited discretion to allow a speaker extra time if it is clear the speaker is having difficulty.
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