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Tooele City attorney proposes clearer deadlines, rules for written public comments
Summary
City Attorney Matthew Johnson proposed updating Tooele's public comment policy to set a submission deadline and make written comments subject to the same standards as spoken testimony; council suggested a deadline of end of calendar day and asked staff to return a resolution for the business meeting.
City Attorney Matthew Johnson told the Tooele City Council on Feb. 4 that proposed revisions to the city’s public comment policy would clarify when written comments must be filed and make them subject to the same rules that apply to in-person remarks. The policy was last amended in 2024.
Johnson said the draft policy would allow written comments to be submitted to the city recorder or to a designated email address and initially set a deadline…
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