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Committee discusses remote‑participation and public‑comment rules; sends legal questions back to solicitor
Summary
Members debated proposals to require remote participants (public and councilors) to keep cameras on and to provide written explanations when attending multiple meetings remotely; the committee tabled rule changes pending solicitor legal form and recorded one maker's order as 'complied with.'
The committee debated two related rule changes on May 6 aimed at transparency for remote participation: an order proposing stricter public‑comment requirements (camera on, name/address/ward) and a proposal from Councilor Murphy Ramboletti asking that councilors who attend more than two consecutive full council meetings remotely provide a written explanation to the council president and use their camera.
Councilors voiced…
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