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Putnam County commission approves expanded public-comment rules after amendment
Summary
The commission approved changes to Rule 28 to reflect a recent state-law change and to expand public-comment access — increasing the speaker cap and allowable time and requiring speakers to identify their topic; the amendment requiring topic identification was proposed by Commissioner Mullins and accepted before passage.
Putnam County commissioners voted to amend Rule 28 governing public comment, approving changes that reflect a recent state-law update and expand how citizens sign up to speak.
A rules-committee presenter told commissioners that the proposal would increase the limit from six speakers at two minutes each to up to eight speakers at three minutes each and would allow requests to speak on agenda items until noon the day of the meeting, while matters ‘‘germane to county government’’ would still require five days' notice under state law. Commissioner Mullins moved an amendment requiring speakers to specify the topic they intend to address; the commission approved the rules as amended.
The rules-committee presenter summarized the rationale for the changes and noted the section added to reflect the recent change in state law. The chair called the question after a motion and second; the clerk announced the motion passed. The commission did not specify an effective date in the discussion.
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