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Salisbury council debates sweeping revision to rules of order, public‑comment time extended to three minutes
Summary
Council members spent the bulk of the Jan. 13 work session discussing proposed changes to the city council rules of order, including formalizing a 3‑minute public‑comment limit, remote participation rules, agenda-setting authority, and whether to reference Robert’s Rules of Order as a fallback.
Attorney Ashley Bachey and the city clerk presented a draft resolution to amend the council’s regulations and rules of order; the item opened an extended council discussion at the Jan. 13 work session but was not adopted that night.
Council members debated a series of edits intended to update the rules to match current practice and to address transparency and process questions raised during the council’s retreat and in subsequent work. Among the items discussed were increasing public-comment time from two minutes to three minutes (the draft also calls for phased implementation of an online sign-up option while retaining…
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