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Holyoke committee divided over rule letting councilors respond to public comment; motion tabled
Summary
A proposed rule to let any councilor named during public comment take up to two minutes to respond was debated Feb. 4; members split over free‑speech, decorum, and meeting control, and the committee voted to table the matter for further consideration.
The Charter and Rules Committee debated a Feb. 4 order that would allow any councilor named by a speaker during public comment to have up to two minutes to respond at the end of the public‑comment period. Councilors sharply divided over the proposal’s potential to preserve decorum or to produce back‑and‑forth exchanges that could extend meetings.
Councilor Meg McGrath…
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