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Council adopts revised rules of procedure after debate over public-speaking limits
Summary
Council adopted updated Rules of Procedure for City Council by 6''1, with one member opposed. The revisions retained a 15-minute per-side guideline for zoning public hearings while adding explicit language allowing the presiding officer to apportion time among many speakers; the clerk will incorporate oral amendments stated on the record.
The Durham City Council voted to adopt revised Rules of Procedure after an extended debate over public-speaking time for zoning public hearings and the presiding officer''s discretion. The measure passed 6''1, with Councilmember Cook recorded as the lone no vote.
The procedures committee and city attorney staff had circulated draft revisions months earlier; the council''s debate focused on a retained provision that references a 15-minute per-side allotment for zoning public hearing items. Several speakers from the public and councilmembers argued the…
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