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Pullman council debates public-comment default and phone rules as it revises council procedures
Summary
Council members reviewed a consolidated draft of rules and procedures that formalizes study-session formats, clarifies executive-session and clerk duties, and proposes limits on meeting length and council-electronic-device use; council favored making public comment 'on by default' and asked staff to tone down device restrictions.
At a Jan. 27 study session, Pullman councilmembers reviewed a revised draft of the city’s rules and procedures that clarifies meeting types and order of business, executive-session boundaries, the role of the city clerk and city administrator, and guidance on council communications and use of electronic devices.
City staff explained the update consolidates earlier resolutions and cleans up code citations, explicitly recognizes…
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