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Scott County commissioners approve public-comment ordinance; second reading required
Summary
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.
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.
The draft ordinance would require any individual wishing to address the board to sign a public-comment sign-in sheet before the meeting, limit speakers to three minutes once per meeting, prohibit yielding time to others, and give the board authority to extend or limit comment by majority…
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