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Resident files open‑meetings complaint, urges separate public comment on consent items
Summary
At a Livonia City Council study session, resident Steve King said the city’s use of a combined consent agenda prevents meaningful public comment and announced he will file a complaint under the Michigan Open Meetings Act; council members responded that items can be pulled from consent for separate comment and encouraged polite prior requests.
Steve King, who identified himself as representing Comfort and Gardens, told the Livonia City Council on May 4 that the council’s use of a combined consent agenda prevents meaningful public input and amounts to “a direct violation of the open meetings act.” King said he was prevented from speaking on multiple consent‑agenda items and formally requested that the council allow individual public comment for consent items or let residents request items be pulled for…
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