In an ongoing effort to increase public participation at City Council meetings under current State and County public heath orders, the City is happy to announce the ability to provide public comments during Zoom Council meetings. For the past few City Council meetings, the public could submit written comments prior to the start of the meeting. Starting with this coming meeting on Wednesday, May 27th, the City will accommodate public comment orally during the meeting for Oral Communications, Public Hearings and Staff Reports. In order to effectively manage this process, instructions have been established and are outlined below.
Provide Live Comments during Meeting
If you wish to provide a live verbal comment during the meeting, register for the Zoom Virtual (City Council Meeting) Webinar (registration required).
- Subject line should include Request to Speak
- Content should include the Item/Topic you would like to speak on.
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and follow the required prompts to receive a confirmation email with your log in link.
- Join the meeting 30 minutes before the meeting begins by clicking on the link provided in your confirmation email.
- Speaking participants may use the computer's microphone and speakers to listen and communicate or they may also call into the meeting by dialing into the meeting with a telephone (this information will be provided in your email confirmation). If you call in as well for better audio, mute your computer's speakers to eliminate feedback.
- Participants will be called upon from those who have submitted the Speaker Request, registered, and logged on as described above. You will be called on by name and unmuted by the meeting organizer and may provide comments for the allotted time. Allotted speaker times are listed under each Agenda section.
- Do not self-mute since you will muted when you enter the meeting and organizers will unmute you to provide comments. All oral comments received prior to the close of the meeting will be made part of the meeting record.
To Watch the Meeting
The public is still able to watch the
live stream online or on the local government public access channel. Please see the
meeting page for relative channels.
Submit Written Correspondence for the Record
Written correspondence regarding an agenda item at an open session meeting should be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office at EMAILGRP-CityClerksOfc@cosb.org with the Subject line including the meeting date of May 27, 2020. Please include the Agenda Item # and topic in your email.
- Correspondence received after the official posting of the agenda, but before 12:00 p.m. on meeting day, will be distributed to Council and made available to the public online along with the agenda posting.
- Written submittals will be added to the record and not read out loud.
- All submittals received before the start of the meeting will be made part of the record.
Please see the posted Agenda for more details on the Public Meetings webpage
or contact
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