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Paterson Board of Education Increases Public Comment Time at Regular Meetings
PATERSON, NJ - The Paterson Board of Education has voted to extend the public comment time during its regular meetings from two minutes to three minutes, providing community members with more time to voice their concerns and opinions. The change, which was approved at the board’s meeting Wednesday night, reverses a policy that had been in place since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.During the pandemic, the BOE reduced the public speaking time limit from three to two minutes due to an influx of speakers, a move aimed at managing time and accommodating as many participants as possible in the virtual format. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTERBoth the workshop meetings, which are offered in both virtual and in-person formats, and the regular meetings, which are virtual, now have a public speaking time limit of three minutes.In September the Paterson City Council rejected a proposal to extend the public comment period for individuals from three minutes to six. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
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