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Middletown board weighs formal public‑comment policy; solicitor to draft options
Summary
After a lengthy public and board discussion, Solicitor Esposito recommended time, place and manner rules consistent with the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act and agreed to circulate several draft policy options for the board and public to review.
Chairwoman Hannah opened a focused discussion on drafting a public‑comment policy, asking staff to summarize legal constraints and common practices.
Solicitor Esposito told the board that authority for public comment in townships is grounded in the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act and that municipalities may impose reasonable, content‑neutral limits on the time, place and manner of speech. “The most common time limit that we see is 3 minutes,” he said, noting some…
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