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Commissioner wants comments at all meetings
Wilcher says elected officials should listen
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Commissioner Michael Shane Wilcher
Commissioner Michael Shane Wilcher will be asking the full Warren County Commission to consider changing its procedure to allow time to hear public comments during each monthly meeting.“I am asking that my motion, or resolution if it needs to be written as such by our county’s taxpayer-paid attorneys, to allow a time of public comments at every County Commission meeting be added to the March 2016 docket or agenda,” said Wilcher.The request comes after Wilcher made a failed motion during this month’s meeting to allow public comment, which failed 16-7. Among the no votes was Carl D. Bouldin, who suggested the measure might have passed if Wilcher had included the number of individuals who would be allowed to speak and how long each would be allowed to speak. The city of McMinnville allows time to hear public comment during its meetings held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.