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Cotati City Council adopts updated meeting rules, moves some ceremonial items to policy
Summary
The Cotati City Council voted 5-0 to approve revisions to its rules of conduct that reclassify several ceremonial items and clarify how items are added to the council work plan. The changes are intended to reduce meeting disruptions and improve meeting efficiency; some public speakers criticized the move as limiting public comment.
The Cotati City Council voted 5-0 to adopt revisions to its rules of conduct, removing several ceremonial items from the formal agenda and clarifying how new projects or programs are added to the council's annual work plan.
Council and staff said the changes are aimed at preventing repeated disruptions and shortening meetings so the council can address action items more quickly. City staff presented edits that convert items such as the land acknowledgment and the pledge of allegiance from agendized items into standing ceremonial duties and add language that the items are to be read by the chair of the…
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