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Carmel council debates formalizing meeting procedures, public-comment limits and timing; staff to draft recommended revisions
Summary
Council members, staff and residents discussed proposed updates to City Policy C89-02 covering agenda creation, staff presentations, public comment timing, Brown Act compliance and possible meeting curfews; the council asked staff to draft a policy revision for future consideration.
Council members and city staff held an extended policy discussion on March 30 about updating City Policy C89-02, a 2020 document that outlines meeting procedures, agenda creation, public-comment rules and packet distribution. The discussion covered whether staff presentations should always be given, how and when public comment should be scheduled and whether the council should set meeting cutoffs or staged start times for particularly high-interest items.
Mayor Byrne framed the topic as an effort to make meetings "effective and short as possible," noting the policy had not been updated since February 2020. City Attorney Brian (firm representative) and city administration staff proposed a more granular seven-step agenda procedure that would make explicit whether a staff presentation is…
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