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Aurora council restores public comment, adjusts dais rules and meeting procedures
Summary
The Aurora City Council unanimously adopted amendments restoring 'public invited to be heard' at both the start and end of meetings, expanding speaker time to three minutes, and changing who may be seated on the dais; the vote follows public testimony calling for greater access and accountability.
The Aurora City Council unanimously adopted a package of rule changes Dec. 1 that restores the public comment period to both the start and end of meetings, increases per-speaker time from two to three minutes and revises who may be seated on the dais.
Council member Coombs introduced the resolution, saying it was intended "to undo the disastrous changes made by the previous council" and to "give the microphone back to the people." The measure, moved and amended on the floor, also reorders the meeting to place the invocation and land acknowledgment before formal business and proposes moving regular meetings back to a 6 p.m. start.
The resolution wording presented in the record includes a read-aloud identifier noted by the clerk; the formal text as adopted includes: reinstatement of public invited to be heard at the beginning and end of the meeting (with up to one hour available at each position…
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