(A) Prior permission not required. Any person may address the Commission during a Commission meeting without securing the prior permission of the Commission or the presiding officer, subject to the following:
(1) Interested parties or their authorized representatives may address the Commission by written communication with respect to any matter by delivering the City Manager a copy of the written communication before the end of the regular business day on the day of the Commission meeting.
(2) Interested persons or their authorized representatives may address the Commission during a Commission meeting by oral communications. The Commission, by resolution, shall designate the time during each meeting when the public shall have an opportunity to speak.
(B) Addressing the Commission after motion made. After a motion is made by the Commission, no person shall address the Commission without first securing the permission of the Commission to do so.
(C) Manner of addressing the Commission; time limit. Each person addressing the Commission shall stand, give his/her name and address in an audible tone of voice for the record, and unless further time is granted by the Commission, shall limit his/her address to five minutes during each public opportunity to speak, with the exception that such individual may also address the Commission a second time for an additional three minutes during each public opportunity to speak. In addition, the Commission may, by motion, grant an individual the right to address the Commission for a longer period of time. All remarks shall be addressed to the Commission as a body and not to any individual Commissioner thereof. No person, other than the Commission and the person having the floor, shall be permitted to enter into any discussion, either directly or through a Commissioner, without the permission of the presiding officer. No questions shall be asked a Commissioner except through the presiding officer.
(Ord. 513, passed 12-20-76; Am. Ord. 890, passed 6-9-03; Am. Ord. 1041, passed 10-8-18)