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Residents press board over change to public-comment yielding; board amends agenda to remove item 8d from public comment

Huntersville Town Board · December 17, 2025
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Summary

Public commenters urged the town to preserve residents’ ability to yield speaking time, arguing the proposed rule change (listed on the consent agenda) would curtail participation; the board voted to remove item 8d from the public-comment portion of the agenda and adopted the amended agenda.

Huntersville — A string of public speakers at the Dec. 16 Town Board meeting urged commissioners not to limit residents’ ability to yield public‑comment time to a designated spokesperson, saying such a change would reduce meaningful citizen participation.

Josh Dumas told the board the…

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