In all, the thought of the contract lasted some 40 seconds — the greater part of which was taken up by Hoke’s reading of a prewritten movement to approve the deal — with no any community comment.
That comment came later on, at the conclusion of the assembly, when Wheeler opened the flooring pursuing an announcement about mail-in ballots: “So with that I will open up to general public comment.”
Many commenters at Wednesday’s meeting asked York County to deliberate more on the motion approving the contract, evidently believing the vote experienced not nevertheless transpired.
“The full function, the underpinning purpose is to listen to from the community in advance of you take action,” said Paula Knudsen Burke, an attorney for the Reporters Committee for the Liberty of the Press. “If you want general public participation, you don’t consider the vote and then request the community what they consider. And that is not what the Sunshine Act states either.”
“It really is a most effective apply to permit for remark just before you can find a vote,” mentioned Knudsen Burke, who has represented The York Dispatch in quite a few general public documents situations. “I’m not rather confident when you read through the Sunshine Act why any person would put the remark period at the close, following a vote has occurred.”
Knudsen Burke claimed it was very clear to her that Wheeler’s “any dialogue” question was directed to her colleagues — not the public at significant.
