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Grants Pass council keeps 30-minute public-comment guideline and raises meeting-safety measures after confrontation

2120369 · January 16, 2025
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Summary

A Grants Pass councilor reported being physically accosted outside a recent gathering, prompting the council to discuss safety measures; the council also affirmed a 30-minute guideline for general public comment.

A Grants Pass City Council member described being confronted by a group after a recent gathering, and councilors used the workshop to discuss meeting safety and a longstanding public-comment guideline.

Early in the meeting a councilor described leaving a Friday-night gathering and being surrounded in a parking area by people who did not carry signs but who "...surrounded my truck... wouldn't let us leave" and who shoved a speaker against his vehicle, he said. The councilor said he called police and that officers responded afterward. He told the…

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