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Decatur board keeps public comment at 6:30 p.m., agrees to create ongoing repository for community input
Summary
After reviewing a resident survey, the board decided to keep public comment at 6:30 p.m. and directed staff to build an online repository where community members can submit dated public comments in advance; the board also discussed automated constituent email replies and norms for sharing and tracking responses.
Decatur — Board members debated whether to move the monthly public comment period earlier in the agenda after staff shared results from a district survey. While roughly 80% of the small survey sample favored moving public comment earlier, board members and staff cautioned that the low response rate (94 respondents, 42 with written comments) made the results hard to generalize.
Several board…
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