STATUS: Residents and workers have had their first chance to question the measure in public. The current rule remains in force at the Lower Ward meeting hall.
RECORD: The speaker queue, interpreter roster and final meeting minutes. This file counts 49 speakers who stayed through the vote; the prior count was 51.
DISPUTE: The old queue gives precedence to registered household heads; younger workers and recent arrivals say that rule screens out people most affected by the night schedule.
WHY IT MATTERS: The decision concerns whether ward residents can question a proposal before it is reduced to a yes-or-no vote. The current count does not settle how the rule should allocate the cost.
NEXT: The ward table will test a second speaking queue at its next open sitting. The clerk has marked the file LOWER-WARD-HEARING-20 for the next public review.
