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Portsmouth commission adopts draft speaker rules but will trial secretary sign‑up process for a month
Summary
After debating capacity and access concerns, the commission approved draft speaker rules that require requests to be submitted to the commission secretary, then agreed to let the secretary trial a commission email/phone sign‑up process for one month and revisit designation of a designee.
The Portsmouth Crime and Gun Violence Prevention Commission on March 2 voted to adopt a draft public‑comment (speaker) policy but agreed to trial the secretary’s sign‑up process for one month while staff and commissioners determine whether a designee or alternate mechanism is needed to handle public requests.
Commissioner Redmond moved to allow open‑form speakers and the chair read the draft rules into the record, which require citizens to submit requests to the commission secretary prior to the call to order and allow up to five minutes of…
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