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Margate resident urges commission to allow public comment on individual consent-agenda items
Summary
At the Jan. 22 Margate City Commission meeting, a resident urged the commission to amend its rules so members of the public can comment on each consent-agenda item rather than being limited to a single three-minute public-comment period. City Attorney David Tulsa said the agenda already allows comment during the public discussion portion.
A Margate resident told the City Commission on Jan. 22 that the commission’s current meeting rules limit public input on consent-agenda items and asked the commission to amend the rules so people can speak about each consent-agenda item before the vote.
The resident, speaking during the meeting’s public discussion period, said the commission’s schedule of meetings and its rules “limit the public’s ability to provide public comment” and asked the commission to “amend the proposed rules of procedure to allow the public to comment on each consent agenda item.” The speaker described the current procedure as…
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