Charter commission adopts mixed public-comment plan for July 8 final hearing

Lede: The Clark County Charter Review Commission on July 1 adopted a two-path public-comment protocol for its July 8 final hearing: members of the public may either take a three-minute slot at the start of the meeting or sign up for one-minute comments immediately before each amendment vote, but not both.

Nut graf: The executive committee had proposed the dual-path approach to balance broad public access with time management. After extended debate over fairness and efficiency, commissioners approved the hybrid model by roll call (13 yes, 2 no) and added a 90‑second recap by the sponsor or study‑committee chair tied to each amendment.

Body: Vice Chair Hos introduced the executive committee’s proposal to give members of the public two options: speak for three minutes at the meeting start to address any amendments, or take one-minute slots before individual amendment votes. Commissioners discussed concerns that one-minute-per-amendment could let a single speaker use many minutes across multiple agenda items and that those who cannot wait through the meeting should have a chance to speak.

Commissioner Jay moved the hybrid approach and the motion was seconded; Commissioner Garber proposed a friendly amendment to add a 90‑second recap by the committee or sponsor immediately preceding each amendment, which was adopted into the motion. Staff clarified that anyone using the three‑minute opening slot would be precluded from later one‑minute comments for the same meeting.

Ending: The commission recorded the roll-call vote and the motion passed with 13 yeas to 2 nays. The new protocol will be applied at the July 8 hearing, where commissioners will hear public comment under the chosen process before final votes.