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Board considers policy change to extend public-comment time to three minutes
Summary
The policy committee reviewed several policies and suggested moving the public-comment limit from two minutes to three, citing model language from Erie BOCES; board members debated flexibility versus the benefit of a formal policy.
The board's policy committee presented five policies and administrative regulations for review, including meeting minutes procedures and executive-session rules. The committee recommended considering a change in the public-comment allotment from two minutes to three and cited a model policy from Erie BOCES as an example.
Board members discussed the proposal in detail. One member said that three minutes would make it easier for speakers to say what they need, while others noted the board's historical flexibility and emphasized that a written policy would be useful only as guidance when many people sign up to speak. The discussion ended with general support for pursuing a formal policy while retaining flexibility.
