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Commissioners say open house crowding and outside notices created confusion over hearings
Summary
After an over-capacity turnout at a county open house, commissioners flagged crowding, noise and inaccurate external notices that described open houses as public hearings. They proposed booking larger venues, closing auditorium doors until start time and correcting outside communications.
Commissioners debriefed a recent county open house after turnout exceeded expectations and created crowding and noise that hampered presentations and public engagement.
Unidentified Speaker 1 reported an unexpected 150–250 people attended, far more than the 50-person turnout staff had planned for, creating difficulties with audio and flow. Multiple commissioners said the main complaints they heard…
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