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Durham City Council adopts revised rules of procedure after debate on public-comment limits
Summary
The Durham City Council voted 6-1 to adopt revised rules of procedure governing public comment and zoning hearings after debate about speaker time limits and whether groups should be required to designate a single spokesperson.
The Durham City Council on June 2, 2025, adopted revised rules of procedure for council meetings by a 6-1 vote, after council members and multiple public commenters debated changes that would give meeting officials greater discretion to limit individual speaker time and allow groups to designate a single spokesperson for zoning hearings.
Council members said the changes are intended to clarify longstanding practice for public hearings and to avoid ambiguity in how proponent and opponent time is allocated. The adopted language gives the presiding official discretion to shorten or redistribute speaking time when many people sign up to address an item and explicitly allows a group to designate one…
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