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Residents press commissioners on shortened public-comment period, vehicle pursuits and contracted medical transport
Summary
Residents used the public-comment period to call for restoration of a longer public-comment period and to press county leaders on public-safety issues including high-speed police pursuits and allegations of poor service by a contracted medical transport broker.
HARNETT COUNTY — Multiple residents used the meeting’s public-comment period to urge the Harnett County Board of Commissioners to restore the longer public-comment allowance and to press county officials on public-safety issues including high-speed vehicle pursuits and perceived problems with contracted medical transportation.
Several speakers criticized a change that reduced the public-comment period from one hour with five-minute slots per speaker to 30 minutes with three-minute slots. ‘‘Let us revert back to the hour and 5 minutes so that our constituents can speak,’’ one commenter said. Other speakers said the shorter…
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