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Germantown board narrows virtual appearances, votes to attach emailed comments to meeting minutes
Summary
After public comment and trustee debate, the Germantown Village Board voted to stop routinely reading emailed public comments aloud and instead attach them to meeting minutes, and approved a limit on trustees' virtual appearances in the draft municipal code changes.
The Germantown Village Board voted on a package of amendments to its municipal code that change how trustees may appear virtually and how written public comments are handled in the meeting record.
After public comment urging continued in‑meeting reading of emailed submissions, trustees divided the ordinance into components to vote separately on email‑comment handling. Trustee Paper moved to have emailed comments attached to the meeting minutes rather than read aloud; the motion passed 5–4 after trustees debated transparency versus meeting…
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