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Taunton council begins debate on formal rules for letters on agendas and role of city employees in public input
Summary
Councilors asked the city solicitor to draft guidance for how resident letters are placed on council agendas and debated whether city employees and department heads should be allowed to respond during public input. No final rule was adopted; the item will return to the Rules committee.
The Committee of the Whole took up a request to clarify the process for handling letters submitted by residents for the council agenda and whether the clerk’s longstanding, informal practices should be reduced to written rules. City Solicitor Attorney Costa told the council the clerk has followed practices that exclude certain communications—such as complaints about individuals—from…
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