{"id":2763,"date":"2023-03-22T21:20:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T01:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=2763"},"modified":"2023-03-22T21:20:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T01:20:27","slug":"town-council-reminds-residents-of-public-comment-rules-from-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=2763","title":{"rendered":"Town Council Reminds Residents of Public Comment Rules from 2017?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Updated 3\/31\/2023 see <a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=2831\">Town Council Post Unenforceable Public Comment Rules<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the 3\/20\/2023 Town Council Chairman began Public Comment by reminding residents of the rules of public comment. Many of these rules were new to long time followers of the Town Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Town Council Reminds Residents of Public Comment Rules\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x2wExV_g-14?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Town Council Meeting 3\/20\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonderrynh.gov\/sites\/g\/files\/vyhlif4616\/f\/uploads\/fy12_council_rules_of_order.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.londonderrynh.gov\/sites\/g\/files\/vyhlif4616\/f\/uploads\/fy12_council_rules_of_order.pdf\">published<\/a> rules for public comment are much more abbreviated and dated 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Public Comment \u2013 The public will be afforded the ability to provide input to the Council during the s<em>ession. These comments are to be directed to the Chairman and are not intended to be a platform for debate.<\/em><\/p><cite>RULES OF ORDER TOWN COUNCIL LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE Section 5 D<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Town Council did not answer when asked why the Town website still lists rules from 2012 and not the updated 2017 rules. It was also questioned if these rules bring possible 1st Amendment concerns by restricting speech of residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the rules provided by the Town manager on 3\/22\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Town-Council-Public-Comment-Rules_2017.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of Town-Council-Public-Comment-Rules_2017..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f17e8ef1-7324-4990-aa53-834426a9f0c4\" href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Town-Council-Public-Comment-Rules_2017.pdf\">Town-Council-Public-Comment-Rules_2017<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Town-Council-Public-Comment-Rules_2017.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f17e8ef1-7324-4990-aa53-834426a9f0c4\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Related Posts:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=2763\">Town Council Reminds Residents of Public Comment Rules from 2017?<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=2708\">Outdated: Town Council Rules of Order<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated 3\/31\/2023 see Town Council Post Unenforceable Public Comment Rules At the 3\/20\/2023 Town Council Chairman began Public Comment by reminding residents of the rules of public comment. 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