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Coffee County committee clarifies public-comment limits, forwards policy to legislative committee
Summary
The committee clarified that public-comment time limits apply per agenda item, kept the 10-speaker/30-minute structure as written, rejected an amendment to expand eligibility to 'property owners,' and sent the revised policy to the legislative committee and ultimately to the full commission for final decisions on numbers and time limits.
The Coffee County Policy and Procedures Committee reviewed a revised public-comment policy Oct. 27 and approved a clarification that the existing speaker-time limits apply per item on the agenda.
Committee members debated whether speakers could "donate" time to another person, whether the sign-up sheet should capture name, address, topic and whether the speaker is "for" or "against,"…
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