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CLEVELAND — Cuyahoga County Council members have decided to temporarily limit how many people can speak during the public comment period of their council meeting.
Following the continuous long meetings council adopted a new public comment policy for the month of July. Under the previous policy, there was no limit to the number of people who could sign up before the meeting, and each got a 3-minute window at the stand. "The goal of instituting temporary public comment guidelines and considering permanent public comment changes is twofold: one, to guarantee that a wide range of resident voices are heard on a variety of topics, and two, to ensure that County business can be conducted in a timely and orderly fashion. Council has always valued the critical role public comment plays in our democracy, and that will not change.
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