Audience Participation Guidelines

Agenda Items:  Anyone desiring to speak to the Commission on an agenda item must sign the meeting register and indicate their desire to speak to the Presiding Officer at the beginning of the meeting unless otherwise recognized by the chair.  When an agenda item is on the floor for discussion, the Presiding Officer will recognize such persons to address the Commission.  This will generally take place following a staff report and Commission discussion on the agenda item.

Non-Agenda Items:  Anyone desiring to speak to the Commission on a non-agenda item shall sign the meeting register and indicate their desire to speak to the Chair at the beginning of the meeting. The Presiding Officer, at his or her discretion, may permit such persons to address the Commission and may limit the time for comment as needed. 

Manner of Addressing the Commission: Each person addressing the Commission shall step up to the microphone, give his/her name and city of residence and subject matter of comments in an audible tone of voice for the record.  All comments shall be made to the entire Commission and not to any single member nor to staff.  Any questions for Commission members or staff shall be presented through the Presiding Officer.  The Commission will determine the disposition of any issues raised (e.g., placed on the present agenda, workshop, other agendas, refers to staff, or do not consider).

Conduct of Audience: All audience members shall abide by the rules of decorum contained in Section 4, General Meeting Rules, paragraph “D” entitled “Decorum”.  No audience member shall disrupt the conduct of the meeting or cheer, hoot, holler, gesture, whistle, guffaw, jeer, boo, hiss, make remarks out of turn, use profanity, or the like.  Any audience member who does so shall be determined out of order and the Presiding Officer may have such person removed from the Commission chambers immediately.  Such person shall not be permitted to attend the remainder of that Commission meeting.

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