Committee holds first reading of updated public-participation policy allowing in-person and virtual testimony with time limits

Committee members reviewed a first reading of a proposed update to Policy 903 (Public Participation in Board Meetings). Under the revisions described during the meeting, participation would remain available both in person and virtually, and public-comment rules would include a three-minute time limit per speaker and a one-hour total time limit for public-comment segments.

The proposed change would also limit committee meetings from reading written comments aloud; instead, written submissions would be taken into the record and made available to the board. The first reading was presented as open for feedback prior to a second reading and final approval.

Mr. Rogers summarized the evening’s agenda items and asked whether the board wished to move Policy 903 forward; the committee indicated support to advance the policy to the next reading. The transcript shows the policy remained at first-reading status and no final adoption was recorded during the meeting.