County attorney to draft public-comment policy after new state law; commissioners set basic limits
Commissioners directed county legal staff to draft a public-comment policy to comply with a new North Dakota law requiring public-comment opportunities at regular meetings; they tentatively set 30 minutes total and 3 minutes per speaker, with the chair able to permit earlier comment for items on the agenda.
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Kelly Novak (staff member) briefed the commission on a new North Dakota law (effective Aug. 1) that requires local public bodies to include an opportunity for public comment at every regularly scheduled meeting and to adopt a policy governing that opportunity.
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