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Boone County commissioners require commenters to provide name and address on sign-in pad after complaints
Summary
On March 9, Boone County commissioners voted to require public commenters to record their name and address on a pad during comment periods so addresses are captured in the minutes; some residents at the meeting raised concerns about intimidation and privacy.
Boone County commissioners voted March 9 to require people who speak during the public-comment portion of meetings to write their name and address on a sign-in pad, a procedural change the board said will ensure address information is captured in the minutes even when commenters decline to speak the address aloud.
The change grew out of constituent requests and a staff recommendation discussed under “Boone County rules of procedure.” Commissioner (speaker 4) urged that commenters either say their address or write it down, saying, “My motion is that you write your address down. If…
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