Addressing Council

Public Meeting Appearance Cards

Citizens may speak at Council meetings on agenda and non-agenda items by completing and submitting a Public Meeting Appearance Card to the City Secretary prior to the Regular Meeting being Called to Order. These forms are located on a back table upon entering the Council Chambers. 

Once you have completed your form, please present your card to the City Secretary prior to the Regular Meeting being Called to Order. Groups that want to address the same issue are encouraged to select a spokesperson.

Handouts & Audio Visual Aids

For Agenda Items:

• Documents or slides requested to be displayed or projected at a meeting shall be accepted for Agenda Items only and must be provided to the City Secretary in a form acceptable to the City no later than two hours prior to the meeting being called to order.
• For handouts, you will be required to present eight copies of any presentations or other materials.

For Non-Agenda Items:

• No items will be displayed during Non-Agenda Items.
• Handouts can be distributed to the City Council during the allotted time. For handouts, you will be required to present eight copies of any presentations or other materials.

Request to Speak Cards

Those wishing to address the Council are asked to complete a Request to Speak Card (PDF). Please turn the card in to the City Secretary prior to the Regular Meeting being Called to Order.

The Mayor (presiding officer) will ask for those wishing to address the Council to do so at the appropriate time. Please approach the speaker's stand, state your name and address for the record, and discuss the topic of interest. Please direct your comments to the Mayor and Council. You will be allowed 3 minutes to address your comments.

Although Council cannot discuss your topic or take specific action on Citizen's Comment topics due to legal requirements, they will hear the topic, and Council may:

• Have the item placed on a future agenda for action; or
• Refer the item to a Board, Commission or Committee; or
• Refer the item to staff for study or conclusion; or 
• Take no action

Standards of Conduct

Members of the public shall not engage in any of the following in the meeting room during a City Council meeting:

• Any conduct that impedes or disrupts the orderly conduct of the meeting, including shouting, unruly behavior, distracting side conversations, speaking out when another person is talking, booing, hissing, foot stomping, parading, singing, or other similar conduct;
• Defamation, intimidation, personal insults, profanity, or threats of violence; or
• Audible use of phones, pages, radios, computers, or other electronic equipment.

The rules in this Section shall be enforced against individuals participating in meetings in the following manner:

• The presiding officer will request that a person who is violating a rule cease the violation; 
• If the violation continues, the presiding officer will warn the person that he or she will be required to leave the building or meeting room; and
• If the person does not leave the building or meeting room, the presiding officer may order any peace officer to remove the person from the building or meeting room.

Ord No. 2024-45 - Establishing Rules of Procedure for the Conduct of Public Testimony