How a county commission meeting works
Learn the basics before you go: who sits on it, how agenda items, motions and votes work, and when the public can speak.
- Who
- Adults, Teens
- Time
- About an hour
- Cost
- Free
- When
- Any time of year
- Show up
- At a county commission meeting.
How to do it
- Look up the county commission on the county's website.
- Go to one meeting and watch for: call to order, agenda, motion, second, vote.
- Teens: draw the steps afterward.
Why it matters
Reward good citizenshipExploration & critical thinkingHelp the town prosper
Related
- Thank the poll workers after an election
- Thank a citizen board member
- Attend one public meeting
- All 150 things to do together
Sources
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