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Portage Common Council adopts streamlined public comment policy
Summary
The Portage Common Council approved a revised public comment policy that removes residency limits, sets a five-minute speaking limit, prohibits electioneering and moves annual review to the organizational meeting.
The Portage Common Council on April 15 adopted a revised public comment policy that eliminates residency restrictions for speakers, sets a five-minute limit per speaker and bars campaigning during public comment.
Council leaders and the city attorney framed the changes as a legal and administrative simplification intended to avoid selective enforcement and to make public comment less bureaucratic while preserving order.
City Administrator Michael Boblick said the committee’s draft “really frees who can speak, when they can speak,…
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