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Gonzales council adopts ordinance letting council set public-comment time limits by resolution
Summary
The Gonzales City Council voted to adopt Ordinance 2024-147, amending city code chapter 1.20 to allow the council to set time limits for public speakers by subsequent resolution and to remove certain identification and standing requirements for speakers.
The Gonzales City Council on Jan. 14 adopted Ordinance 2024-147, amending Chapter 1.20 of the Gonzales City Code to allow the council to set time limits for public speakers by resolution, to change how the minutes record anonymous speakers and to remove the requirement that speakers must stand at a podium.
The ordinance, introduced Dec. 2, 2024, was read into the record by a staff member and discussed during a public hearing. The ordinance replaces a fixed three-minute-per-speaker rule with language that defers the exact allotment of time to a future council…
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