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Council debate over rule enforcement: complaint alleges mayor allowed overlong citizen presentation
Summary
A council member brought an agenda item alleging the mayor knowingly allowed a citizen to speak past the three-minute limit during council debate; the meeting included a reading of rule 6 and a divided exchange over whether the mayor should be fined for the violation.
At the May 21 meeting Councilman Harrell brought an agenda item asserting that the mayor had violated council rules by allowing a citizen to speak for more than three minutes during council debate on May 7. Harrell said he was not targeting the speaker but the mayor's enforcement of adopted council rules, citing a previously adopted rule that allows fines for violations.
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