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Council debates rule changes to public participation, civility and member discipline procedures
Summary
Council members considered updates to 2026 council rules to broaden when citizens may sign up for public participation, replace a profanity prohibition with a civility request (to avoid First Amendment concerns), and align absence/discipline language with a 60-day standard; the law director will review legal implications.
Council members discussed several proposed amendments to the council rules that would affect public participation and internal discipline procedures.
One proposed change would expand the current rule, which limits sign-up for public comment to before the beginning of a regular meeting, so that citizens can sign up for the public-participation item on the agenda (applying at all council meetings rather than only regular…
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