Commission Chair stands by public comment limitations

Thursday’s meeting of the Hill County Commission was dominated by discussion of new limitations to public comment announced by the commission’s chair at last week’s meeting, with no indication that the change will be rolled back.

Last Thursday, Hill County Commission Chair Mark Peterson announced a change to the way meetings are going to work from now on, with comments and questions from county officials and the public limited to only the very beginning of the meeting.

Until then, members of the public and county officials had been able to ask questions or provide comments during the commissio...