Hill County Commission limiting public comment

Hill County Commission Chair Mark Peterson, at the commission's weekly meeting Thursday, announced a change to future meetings that will limit comments from public officials and the public.

Peterson said that, from now on, the public and county officials will only be permitted to make comments or ask questions at the very beginning of the meeting during the sections labeled "public comment on non-agenda items" and "public comment on agenda items" in their agenda.

After that, he said, all public input will cease and further discussions will take place only between commission members.

He said th...