>It sounds like their read on this case is that someone could abuse this time to, say, read Mein Kampf during Citizen’s Time, and they wouldn’t be able to do anything to stop them. The court case left measures like time limiting/mic cutting/etc open; however, my town doesn’t want to be the one sued over it, and I kinda don’t blame them.

Have you ever been to a town hall meeting? Citizens say absolutely bat shit crazy stuff all of the time. The consequence of someone reading Mein Kampf in their 2 minutes of time is... absolutely nothing. Nothing happens. Everyone is just bored and annoyed.

>My municipality is reacting to the court case by considering pulling Citizen’s Time from meeting agendas. (So much for a win for free speech, huh?)

Any town that gets rid of basic citizen engagement because someone might say something annoying or rude is doing a disservice to democracy for absolutely no conceivable benefit of the citizens they supposedly serve, besides sparing the dozen people at a town hall meeting from being slightly annoyed for 2 minutes. They should feel shame at their failure to uphold basic democratic principles because of their fear of a brief moment of mild discomfort and annoyance.

>I think some of the boards are kind of panicking; they can picture someone coming into the meeting and being horrific and then if they time-limit them or adjourn the meeting, they end up being sued.

Run a camera. Time limits to speaking time are legal. You can cute someone off after their unhinged rant once the time limit is over, just like you can cut off the little old lady who wants to talk about about the kids next door playing too loudly for 10 minutes. This isn't even hypothetical. You can watch Town Hall footage all over the internet of people's unhinged or hilarious rants, and after the time is up, no gives a shit and just moves onto the next person.

>Are there any better suggestions I could suggest? I understand why they’re worried, but I want to make sure I keep my ability to make a fuss over the font size choices for the new town center sign.

I don't understand why they are worried and I give them no such charitability. The absolute worst case scenario is that the dozen people at a town hall meeting listen to an unhinged 2 minute long rant, feel mildly annoyed, and then move onto the next person. That's it.

Angry and rude words won't hurt you. You don't need to be afraid. You certainly don't need to start ejecting basic democratic principles and participatory government over this incredibly stupid and completely irrational "fear" of hearing annoying and rude words from a random citizen.