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Board delays meeting-conduct changes after public pushback; complaint policy approved for first reading
Summary
Board members declined to adopt a proposed meeting-conduct policy in first reading after audience members and some trustees raised concerns about limiting public comment to one hour. The board did approve a separate policy on complaints concerning board members on first reading.
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District Board of Education on June 25 rejected a proposed revision to its meeting-conduct policy — which would have tightened rules on public participation and set firm time limits — after public comments and trustee concerns. At the same meeting the board approved a new policy establishing a process for public complaints against board members in first reading.
The proposed meeting-conduct policy would have formalized a five-minute speaker limit and an overall one-hour cap on public comment, added language on prohibited disruptive…
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