The Aug. 3 Sarasota City Commission meeting ran more than nine hours, gavel to gavel. Trice, before casting her no vote, asked the city manager to have staff explore actually charging developers for right-of-way vacations in the future. After watching the board tie itself in knots over a motion, an amendment, a withdrawal and a brand-new motion, City Auditor and Clerk Shayla Griggs asked for the floor. — Citizen 1, City Hall 0—Quietly, in the morning consent agenda, a resident watchdog beat the planning department at its own game. — Speak now, or speak later, or possibly both—The day opened with the commission improvising its own public comment rules in real time.