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Community Board for Police Accountability adopts formal public-comment rules, including three-minute baseline
Summary
The Community Board for Police Accountability voted unanimously to require public comment at the start of every meeting and before substantive votes, set a three-minute baseline with a 30-second grace period, allowed limited advance written submissions, and charged the agenda-setting committee with identifying substantive votes in advance.
A majority of members of the Community Board for Police Accountability voted unanimously to adopt a formal public-comment procedure that will (in most meetings) provide a three-minute speaking baseline, a 30-second grace period to finish remarks, and a mechanism for the facilitator to reallocate any leftover public-comment time.
The board’s motion, moved by Tim O’Donnell and seconded by Dina Ross, specifies that general public comment will be held at the beginning of every meeting and again before any vote the agenda-setting committee has previously identified as substantive. The motion allows the facilitator to grant additional time when the number of sign-ups and remaining meeting time make it…
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