(a) Public input shall be allowed for any item on the regular agenda. Each person addressing the city council shall step up to the microphone in front of the rail, shall give his or her name in an audible tone of voice for the record, and unless further time is granted by the presiding officer, shall be limited to three minutes on any ordinance receiving a first reading; and on the date of final adoption by the city council, five minutes shall be allowed. The city council has the right to overrule the presiding officer’s use of discretion pursuant to Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised (latest edition).
(b) Notwithstanding division (a) above, the general public input portion of a city council meeting, held pursuant to § 30.001(b) will be limited to topics which do not involve those agenda items appearing earlier in the regular agenda as public input shall be received when that agenda item is up for discussion. Each person addressing the city council during the general public input portion shall be limited to three minutes.
(c) No person shall address the city council without first securing the permission of the mayor, or acting mayor, to do so.
(d) Electronic presentations with audio and video embedded within the electronic presentation shall not be allowed. Electronic presentations without audio and video embedded within the electronic presentation are only permitted during regular agenda items on the date of final adoption. The city council may adopt standards that govern the use of electronic presentations. This provision shall not be construed to restrict electronic or hardcopy photos from being presented by the public during a regular meeting.
(e) All remarks shall be addressed to the city council as a body and not to any member thereof.
(f) No person, other than the city council and the person having the floor, shall be permitted to enter into any discussion, either directly or through a member of the city council without the permission of the mayor or acting mayor.
(g) No question shall be asked of a city council member except through the mayor or acting mayor.
(h) No person, except city council members, shall address the council after a motion is made and seconded unless requested by a city council member.
(1992 Code, § 2-16) (Ord. 50-95, passed 3-20-1995; Ord. 52-11, passed 7-11-2011; Ord. 24-12, passed 4-2-2012; Ord. 55-18, passed 7-3- 2018; Ord. 115-18, passed 12-4-2018; Ord. 99-20, passed 11-10-2020)