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Council members discuss limits and expectations for public comment during meetings
Summary
Council members reviewed the city’s public comment procedures, noting legal limits on responses to items not on the agenda and discussing whether to change how public comments are handled; the transcript captures back-and-forth but no policy change was adopted.
Council members on Jan. 13, 2025 discussed the city’s rules for public comment and what role council should take when residents raise issues not on the meeting agenda.
Speakers addressed recent criticism that the council limits public speaking time; meeting remarks clarified that state open-meeting rules restrict council responses to matters not on the…
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