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Charlotte County board keeps 5-minute public-speaking standard but allows board majority to shorten or extend limits
Summary
The Charlotte County Commission voted to adopt a procedural change that keeps the default five-minute public-comment limit for hearings but lets a majority of commissioners — rather than the chair alone — shorten or extend time during unusually long or technical hearings.
Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt an amendment to the county's rules of procedure that leaves the default public-comment time at five minutes but changes who may modify that time.
The change removes language that allowed the chairman alone to vary speaker time and replaces it with a requirement that any change be made by consensus of the board. County Attorney Jeanette Knowlton and the county's rules drafters told the commission the revision shifts the authority…
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