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<br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Rules of Procedure for the Board of County Commissioners <br /> <br />Adopted September 20, 1999 <br />Amended January 7, 2003 and November 17, 2003 <br /> <br />Current: <br /> <br />Rule 10. Informal Public Comments. <br /> <br />The clerk to the board shall include on the agenda of each regular meeting of the month <br />at least fifteen (15) minutes for comments or questions from the public in attendance. <br />The chair will first recognize individuals or groups who have submitted a "speaker's <br />card" at the meeting, and then may recognize others, subject to available time. The chair <br />will specify the time allotted to each speaker is three (3) minutes. Speakers may not yield <br />their time to other people and the time for an individual speaker may be extended only by <br />motion and majority vote of the Board. When the time set aside for informal public <br />comments has expired, the chair will recognize further speakers only upon motion, duly <br />made and adopted. <br /> <br />Comment: The board may decide as a general policy to set aside part of each meeting for <br />individuals or groups to address the board. The rule allows any individual or group to get on <br />the agenda but lets the board decide whether there is time to hear its comments. <br /> <br />Proposed: <br /> <br />Rule 10. Informal Public Comments. <br /> <br />The clerk to the board shall include on the agenda of each regular meeting of the month a <br />period for comments from the public in attendance. A period of30 minutes will be <br />allotted for Informal Public Comments. In unusual circumstances, the Board may extend <br />the Informal Public Comment period by 30 minutes upon a majority vote. <br /> <br />Members ofthe Board of Commissioners will not answer questions or take action on <br />matters raised by speakers during Informal Public Comment. Ifwarranted, such matters <br />will be pursued by staff or placed on a future agenda for the Board of Commissioners <br />work session. <br /> <br />The following rules shall govern this portion of the meeting: <br /> <br />1. Those desiring to speak must complete a "speaker's card," available in the <br />Commissioners Meeting Room immediately preceding the meeting, and deliver it <br />to the clerk to the board. <br />2. Speakers will approach the podium to address the Board when called upon by the <br />Chairman of the Board of Commissioners and begin their remarks by stating their <br />name and address. <br /> <br />E-4-_ <br />