Scott County commissioners approve public-comment ordinance; second reading required

Aug 20, 2025

The Board of Commissioners voted 2–1 to adopt an administrative ordinance establishing rules for public comment at meetings — including a three-minute speaker limit, a prohibition on speech that is defamatory or gratuitously profane, and procedures for removal — with a second reading scheduled to satisfy ordinance-adoption rules.

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The Scott County Board of Commissioners voted 2–1 to adopt an administrative ordinance formalizing rules for public comment at commissioner meetings and said they would schedule a second reading as required for an ordinance.

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