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Rutherford County steering committee backs changes to public-comment sign-in and announcements
Summary
The steering committee voted to send a revised public-comment policy to the county commission that keeps callers' home addresses off the public record while asking callers to provide their district number at sign-in so commissioners can identify constituents.
The Rutherford County steering committee on Monday approved sending a revised public-comment policy to the full county commission that separates private sign-in information from the public record and requires callers to provide their district when they register.
The committee's chair introduced a redlined policy drafted with the county attorney's office that keeps sign-in details (name, subject and residential address) on an administrative log rather than requiring speakers to read their street addresses aloud on camera. "We still…
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