[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors as indicated
in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-1-2010 by Res. No. 2010-05]
Any employee responsible for preparation of the minutes or any
other employee of the Township is authorized and directed to destroy
and/or reuse (record over) all recordings of Board meetings once the
minutes of the meeting have been approved by the Board at a public
meeting.
[Adopted 1-3-2011 by Res. No. 2011-01]
Public comment at regular or special meetings shall be governed
by the following rules and regulations:
A.Â
A period of public comment shall be held at each meeting either before
each official action is taken by the Board or at the beginning of
the meeting.
B.Â
The Chairman of the Board shall preside over the public comment period
and may within his discretion:
(1)Â
Recognize individuals wishing to offer comment;
(2)Â
Require identification of such persons;
(3)Â
Allocate available time among individuals wishing to comment;
(4)Â
Rule out of order, scandalous, impertinent, and redundant comments
or any comment the discernable purpose of which is to disrupt or prevent
conduct of the business of the meeting.
C.Â
The total time allocated for the public comment period at each meeting
shall be 20 minutes. Each individual shall have a period of five minutes
for comment.
D.Â
If there is not enough time for public comment at a meeting, the
Board of Supervisors, at its discretion, may defer the public comment
period to a meeting held before the next regular or special meeting
or until the next regular or special meeting. Each individual shall
have a period of five minutes for comment during this period.
