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Bruceville-Eddy workshop outlines new meeting flow to preserve public comment while adding structure
Summary
City staff and counsel proposed a meeting flow that keeps public input but adds time limits and a brief post‑deliberation Q&A after a March workshop where residents said they were cut off in recent council meetings. The proposal will be drafted as exhibits for council consideration.
Lawrence Katrone, the city administrator, opened a workshop in Bruceville‑Eddy to draft the city’s first formal parliamentary procedure and to review Texas open‑meetings guidance for public comment. "Our workshop will be on crafting the city's first parliamentary procedure," he told attendees, and asked participants to help produce exhibits the council can review.
The workshop centered on how the city should handle public comment and member‑public exchanges during agenda items. Staff walked through relevant language in the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA), read guidance from the Texas Municipal League and an Attorney General opinion, and noted an existing city ordinance that limits non‑agenda presentations to five minutes while allowing the…
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