CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - STANDING RULES

In addition to Citizen Comment during the Second Reading and Public Hearing on proposed City ordinances and in addition to Citizen Comment during the public hearing on proposed resolutions (non-consent), your City Council has opted to include Citizen Comment as a portion of the Regular City Council Meeting. Citizen Comment is offered during the first half-hour of the meeting and again at the close of the meeting. Residents shall be given approximately 5 minutes to share their thoughts.  The first 30-minute session is provided for comments on agenda items only, including ordinances and resolutions.  If a citizen speaks during this time, permission will not be granted to speak again on the same issue during or at the end of the meeting. Upon recognition by the Chair, speakers shall come to the podium and give their name and address for the record.  All persons are expected to engage in respectful and orderly discourse.  Persons entering into personal, impertinent, or slanderous discourse or persons who become boisterous or unruly during the discussion, shall, at the discretion of the Chair or at the objection of City Council members, forfeit their remaining time to address City Council. Statements to the City Council or the Administration should be addressed through the Chair.  A reply to a statement or a question should not be the impetus for debate. Concerns that cannot be addressed immediately will be referred to the departments listed below. Council meetings shall conclude no later than 10:00 p.m. Council meetings may be video recorded by attendees provided that the meeting is not interrupted or disrupted in any manner. Although your City Council requests residents to respectfully acknowledge the Standing Rules of the regular Council meeting, with the consent of the majority of City Council, deviation from the Standing Rules may be permitted.

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