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Board amends public‑comment policy, removes references to Robert's Rules and sends additional language back to policy committee
Summary
After debate about decorum, law‑enforcement authority and procedural citations, the board removed direct references to Robert's Rules from public‑comment policy and approved a version of the committee recommendation while referring more detailed language on enforcement and law‑enforcement coordination back to the policy committee for further work.
Board members reviewed proposed edits to Policy 2310, which governs public comment and speaker conduct at board meetings. After discussion about whether the policy should cite Robert's Rules as a procedural authority, the board voted 7–0 to remove explicit Robert's Rules citations from the policy text. Members debated new wording that would clarify what constitutes…
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