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Upson County holds public hearing on proposed revisions to county meetings code
Summary
The Upson County Board of Commissioners opened a public hearing on an ordinance to repeal and replace sections 2-26, 2-27 and 2-28 of the county code to clarify meeting schedules, public-comment rules and parliamentary procedure; no final vote was taken.
Upson County commissioners opened a public hearing Jan. 28 on an ordinance to repeal and replace sections 2-26, 2-27 and 2-28 of the county code to set meeting schedules, codify basic parliamentary procedures and formalize public-comment rules. The board did not vote on the ordinance at the meeting and scheduled further consideration at a later session.
The measure would require a regular meeting at the end of each month (proposed as the fourth Tuesday), preserve a first-Wednesday working session and keep a second-Tuesday slot available for additional meetings. The draft also would place a short summary of commonly used provisions of Robert’s Rules of Order into the county code, change the rotation of the order in which members vote…
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