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Chesapeake council work session coalesces on tiered speaker-time rule for large public comment nights
Summary
Council members proposed a tiered policy to shorten individual speaker time when many residents sign up, preserving every person’s chance to speak while limiting total meeting length. Staff will present a formal ordinance or rule for council vote.
Chesapeake council members exchanged proposals Tuesday on a draft policy to limit individual public-comment times when many people sign up for a single agenda item, aiming to keep meetings to a manageable length while allowing everyone a chance to speak.
At the opening of the work session, Councilmember Debbie Ritter proposed treating agenda-item speakers like non‑agenda speakers: when sign-ups exceed a threshold, reduce each speaker’s…
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