(a) Manner of addressing the Council. Prior to the start of the meeting, persons wishing to address the Council shall fill out a speaker card and submit it to the City Clerk. When called upon by the Mayor, that person shall limit discussion to the subject to be discussed, and, unless further time is granted by the Council, limit their remarks to time allocated to the speaker by the Mayor. All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a whole and not to individual staff or any member thereof. No question shall be asked of a Councilmember or of City staff without the permission of the Mayor.
(b) Spokesperson for groups of persons. In order to expedite matters and to avoid repetitious presentations whenever any group of persons wishes to address the Council on the same subject matter, it shall be proper for the Mayor to request that a spokesperson be chosen by the group and, in case additional matters are to be presented by any other member of such group, to limit the number of such persons addressing the Council. A written statement card may be filled out and submitted to the City Clerk indicating the person's opinion in writing. Those statements will be provided to City Councilmembers and made part of the meeting record.
(c) After motion. After a motion has been made or a public hearing has been closed, no member of the public shall address the Council from the audience on the matter under consideration without first securing permission to do so by the Council.
(§ 1, Ord. 868-NS, eff. September 18, 1984, as amended by § 4, Ord. 1231-NS, eff. April 25, 1995, and § 4, Ord. 1711-NS, eff. 5-5-2023)