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Prosper legal counsel, staff outline public-comment and videoing procedures
Summary
The town attorney summarized a legal review concluding public-comment sections are limited public forums permitting reasonable, viewpoint-neutral restrictions; staff announced new, standardized videoing and on-camera procedures for public hearings and citizen comments to be implemented immediately.
Town legal counsel and staff addressed council and the public March 24 to explain the legal limits and procedural changes for the citizen-comment portion of meetings and to announce standardized videoing procedures.
Town Attorney Mr. Welch told the council he had reviewed case law from federal courts in the Northern District of Texas and the Fifth Circuit and concluded that public-comment sections are properly classified as a limited public forum. "Federal courts have clearly…
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