Edison Tables Ordinance Seeking To Limit Public Comment Time

EDISON, NJ – Council members want to rethink the ordinance that seeks to limit the time for public comment.

At a recent council meeting, council members unanimously voted to table the ordinance.

Meanwhile, Councilmember John Poyner called for a subcommittee to review the ordinance.

Currently, community members have six minutes to address elected officials. The ordinance aims to reduce this time to four minutes.

The ordinance, introduced last month, said a “person may speak only once” during the allotted time while eliminating rebuttal time. Several residents expressed their objections to the ordinance.

Even when it was first introduced, the ordinance was opposed by council members Richard Brescher, Margot Harris and Ajay Patil, who voted against it.

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