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Riverside council debates charter and meeting-rule changes; agrees to pilot timing adjustments
Summary
Council members and public speakers debated proposed charter and rules changes (public-comment sequencing, meeting times, consent calendar procedures and member speaking limits). Council approved a motion to pilot several adjustments, with a six-month review.
The Riverside City Council spent a substantial portion of its Oct. 20 meeting debating recommendations from a Charter/Rules of Procedure review committee that would change how meetings are scheduled and how public comment is handled.
Luzán Salera (introducing the committee's redline) described a multi-point package that included removing certain summer meeting dates, clarifying agenda sequence and public-comment rules, requiring a brief explanation when a member abstains to remove an item from…
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