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Peoria County committee adopts 30-minute public-comment rule for committee meetings
Summary
A Peoria County committee voted to apply the full board's 30-minute public-comment framework to committee meetings, clarifying a 30-minute total allotment, roughly 5 minutes per speaker and allowing flexibility for extensions; the resolution passed 4-0 with two members absent.
A Peoria County committee voted to adopt revised rules of order that apply the full board's 30-minute public-comment framework to committee meetings, the committee chair announced after the vote. The resolution passed 4 ayes, 2 absent.
The rules clarify that committees will have 30 minutes total for public comment, with time divided among speakers. "30 minutes divided by however many people, 5 minutes for per single person," said an unidentified committee member (Speaker 1), describing the standard allocation and giving the example that if only two people spoke they would each receive five minutes for a total of 10 minutes. Speaker 1 said the change follows a review by the state's attorney, "Jenny," who…
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