Atlanta committee holds public-comment speaking-order plan, backs substitute motion

Atlanta’s Committee on Council unanimously held ordinance 26-O-1483 on Sept. 21. As listed in the minutes, it would let members of the public speak in sign-up order during City Council public comment. The hold did not put that rule into effect.

Immediately after the ordinance’s hold entry, the minutes record a motion to bring forth a substitute and a unanimous vote in favor. They do not label the motion with an ordinance number or describe the substitute’s terms, so the record does not establish whether it would change the listed speaking-order proposal. The entry also notes an earlier Sept. 8 hold at a sponsor’s request.