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Fountain Hills council keeps online comment-card system, agrees to earlier submission deadlines and possible automation
Summary
Councilors debated whether to keep the online comment-card system created during the pandemic and settled on retaining it while moving the submission deadline to the end of the day Monday; staff were asked to look for ways to automate tabulation to save time.
Fountain Hills Town Councilors debated whether to retain the online public comment-card system used to collect written comments from residents and nonresidents. Council members said the form is a useful, uniform way for people who cannot attend meetings to register views; others said the system consumes staff time and produces duplicate or frivolous entries.
Town Clerk Bev described the current process: "Currently, I believe that the comment cards are submitted electronically. And we note whether they're for or against, and we give the mayor the count…
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