The Cobb County Board of Commissioners will consider changes to its Rules and Procedures during its regularly scheduled meeting on March 26.

The meeting starts at 7 pm in the BOC Meeting Room at 100 Cherokee Street, Marietta.

The rules govern the how the board's meeting are held.  Some of the proposed changes include:

Section 1.07 Agenda

• Limit presentations to one per commissioner each meeting.
• Require written consent of four board members to place a resolution on the agenda.
• Require a 4/5 vote to approve resolutions.

 Section 1.09 Public Participation

• Eliminates prohibition of certain groups to participate in public comment.
• Increase number of public comment spots.
• Set public comment time to three minutes to match public hearing time.
• Better defines public comment sign up procedures - starts sign up 30 minutes before start of the meeting until the start of the meeting.

Section 2.01 Adherence to Agenda

• Limits commissioner comment time to three minutes.