Neosho County Commissioners backtracked Thursday evening on the issue of public comments and heard from a frequent critic of the Neosho Ridge Wind project.
After attending a seminar in Independence on open meetings and talking to other counties about how they conduct meetings, commissioners last week discussed removing public comments from the agenda. This week, Commission Chair Gail Klaassen had a copy of a resolution passed in 2010 that sets a public comment time. Although the discussion Thursday did not mention any time requirements, it left certain matters to the commission’s discretion – such as whether many of people on the same topic could be represented by one spokesperson.
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