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Plan commission committee will keep evening public hearings for 2026, study daytime option for committee meetings
Summary
Cornwall’s planning executive committee agreed to leave public hearings at 6 p.m. for 2026 while asking staff to explore whether the committee meeting could move earlier in future years to reduce costs and staff burden without undermining public participation.
The Cornwall Plan Commission executive committee agreed Tuesday to keep both its regular public hearing and committee meetings at 6 p.m. for calendar year 2026, while directing staff to study whether shifting the committee meeting to daytime hours could be feasible later.
During a discussion prompted by a mayoral suggestion to move public meetings to daytime to save facility and staffing costs, Director Mike Halibaugh said the idea could save “thousands of dollars” but noted the mayor had softened the request and no definitive savings figures had been supplied.…
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