‘Modernized’ Sarasota City Commission ‘Rules of Procedure’ to be focus of February discussion, just weeks after residents criticize Mayor Trice’s handling of public comments at meetings

Trice accused of First Amendment violations in halting remarks she identified as public attacks on Commissioner Battie

Editor’s note: This article was updated in the morning of Jan. 23 to correct a quote from city resident Jim Lampl during the Jan. 20 commission meeting.

On Jan. 20, during a routine report to the Sarasota city commissioners, City Attorney Joe Polzak said that, in February, he and City Auditor and Clerk Shayla Griggs would be presenting recommendations to the board members about revisions to their Rules of Procedure.

He characterized the changes as “modernized, updated.”…

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