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Committee backs 3‑minute speaking limit at a time; sends rule to full council with recommendation
Summary
Members amended a proposed decorum rule to limit councilors to three minutes per speaking turn and voted to send the revised rule to full council with the committee’s recommendation; staff will test timers so presidents and staff can track time discretely.
The committee voted Jan. 27 to forward to the full City Council an amended decorum rule that would limit each speaking turn during debate to three minutes.
Councilor Patty Devine originally proposed adding a rule to Rule 6(c) that would have capped speaking at four minutes. Committee members discussed practicalities of timing, abuse concerns and whether the limit should apply per turn or as a cumulative cap across multiple…
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