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Board rejects change to budget hearing rules after hours of debate
Summary
An effort to shorten public-comment time at county budget hearings was proposed in ordinance OA 41; an amendment striking a proposed 3-minute cap passed, but the main ordinance failed to gain the two-thirds majority needed to change board rules.
The Dane County Board debated changes to Chapter 7 of the Dane County Code of Ordinances (OA 41), a proposal that would amend board rules around public comment during budget hearings. After extended discussion and an amendment that removed a proposed three-minute cap for budget registrants, the full ordinance failed to reach the required two-thirds majority and was not adopted.
The amendment (moved by Supervisor Chawla and seconded by Supervisor Heusselman) struck language that would have said “no registrant shall speak more than three minutes” at county budget hearings. That amendment passed on a voice/roll-call count (the clerk…
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