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Committee advances substitute to public-comment rule, adds law-department'tested "disruptive presence" language

Council Operations, Information Technology, and Public Transportation Committee · November 18, 2025
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Summary

The committee approved a substitute to Resolution 20250310 that keeps a 30-speaker cap and two-minute limit for public comment, replaces "respectful presence" with "disruptive presence," and adopts law-department language intended to be more legally durable; the measure moves to the full council for second reading.

The Council Operations, Information Technology and Public Transportation Committee approved a substitute to Resolution 20250310 on the committee's public-comment rules, keeping a limit of 30 speakers at the start of meetings and two minutes per speaker while adding law-department language addressing "disruptive presence." The committee voted to forward the amended rule to the full council for second reading.

The sponsor (unnamed in the transcript) said the substitute updates the rule that the council adopted last year and implements law-department…

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