(A) Every agenda for a council meeting shall provide a period for members of the public to address the Council on items of city business that are not on the agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council.
(B) Speakers shall be limited to three minutes each. Anyone desiring to speak shall reserve time at the meeting by filing a written request with the City Clerk/Deputy City Clerk in advance of the time stated on the agenda for oral communications. Speakers will be called in the order reserved within the available time. The presiding officer with the consent of the Council may, if time permits allow persons to speak who have not filed a written request to reserve time.
(C) Each person desiring to address the Council shall approach the podium, state his/her name and address for the record, state matter of city business he/she wishes to discuss, and state whom he/she is representing if he/she represents an organization or other persons. All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a whole and not to any member thereof. No questions shall be asked of a council member or a member of the city staff without obtaining the permission of the presiding officer. The presiding officer shall not permit any communication, oral or written, to be made or read where it does not bear on a matter of city business which is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council.
(D) No action or discussion shall occur on any item raised during oral communications, except for matters requiring immediate attention which are added to the agenda. Members of the City Council may briefly respond to statements made or questions posed by persons speaking during oral communications. Members of the City Council may also ask a question for clarification, or provide a reference to staff or other resources for actual information, or request a report back from the City Manager, or his/her staff, or the City Attorney at a subsequent meeting. Matters requiring City Council action may be referred to the City Manager for placement before the City Council at a later date upon direction by the presiding officer or at the request of any member of the Council.
(Ord. 1205, passed 11-6-96; Am. Ord. 1358, passed 12-17-03)