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Falmouth water committee tables proposal to bar reading of written public comments
Summary
After residents urged the committee to preserve mailed and emailed comments, the Water Quality Management Committee voted to table a proposal that would limit public comment to in‑person attendees and not read correspondence into the record.
The Water Quality Management Committee on March 18 voted to table a proposal that would limit public comment to people attending meetings and exclude reading written correspondence aloud, instead placing submissions in the minutes.
The policy change was introduced by the chair as a way to align committee practice with recent Town Council guidance. Matt Hanley of Thomas Linus Road told the committee he…
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