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Revere City council adopts three‑minute speaking limit for councilors
Summary
Councilors introduced and approved a rules-of-order amendment limiting individual councilor remarks to three minutes; the chair said the rule will be enforced and the motion was recorded as approved although no roll-call tally is printed in the transcript.
Revere City councilors voted to adopt a new rules-of-order amendment restricting councilor remarks to three minutes per speaker during meetings. The motion, introduced by a member of the council and presented for enforcement by the chair, was described as an effort to keep agenda items moving and to reinforce existing procedural rules.
Supporters said the change will help meetings stay on schedule and allow broader participation. The chair said the rule would be actively reinforced at future meetings. At the end of the discussion the clerk recorded “Moción aprobada,” indicating the motion passed; the transcript does not include a roll-call or specific vote tally.
The procedural change was discussed early in the session alongside routine roll-call and agenda approvals. Councilors agreed the policy should be compiled in the rules folder and applied going forward. The council did not specify an effective date beyond immediate enforcement by the chair.
