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Board votes to send revised public‑participation draft out for comment after agreeing to change draft time to five minutes
Summary
The board voted to put a revised draft of policy 169.1 (public participation) out for public comment and to change the draft's per‑speaker time from three minutes to five minutes; the action followed debate over registration, total time limits and enforcement and passed on a 3‑to‑2 vote.
The board debated and voted to send a revised draft of policy 169.1 (public participation) out for public comment after amending the draft to increase the per‑speaker time from three minutes to five minutes. Miss Bratton moved to change the draft to five minutes for the version posted for public comment; board members expressed concerns about how longer individual times would affect meeting length if many speakers attend and about compliance with state law on preregistration.
The board discussed tradeoffs between listening to individual speakers and managing meeting length; one staff member noted state guidance on preregistration windows and said the district's draft retained flexibility. After debate, the board voted to change the draft from three to five minutes for the version released to the public and to publish the draft for formal comment; the recorded margin was reported as 3 to 2. The board chair emphasized that any final change to the district policy would return for a future vote after the public‑comment period.
