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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHandouts_Workshop_8/29/2022 Port Orange Hawthorne Safety Harbor Callaway Venice Winterpark Cocoa Beah Punta Gorda Lake City How long do At 3 minutes 3 min 3 min 3 min, We’ve 3 min 3 min 3 min 3 min you allow the buzzer goes had rare citizens to off but if they instances speak under are still talking where we’ve Public Input? the Mayor lets allowed more them finish. but in those cases, we then have to allow the remaining speakers the same amount of time so we try to steer from doing that. Do you allow Not generally Not generally Yes – up to 7 No - unless We have no No On occasion No Yes the Mayor other speakers but if it’s a large but if it’s a large people can approved by the procedures has allowed to give their group and they group and they each give 1 Commission against. It this allotted time to designate one designate one minute for a happens once a another person to person to maximum of 10 while. speaker? speak, we will speak, we will minutes; give that person give that person however, then more time. It more time. It those people would be up to would be up to cannot speak. the Mayor and the Mayor and Council though. Council though. Do you allow a So far no one Usually not. No No No Not normally No No Yes the Mayor speaker to has challenged has allowed speak more the three this than once minute total for regarding a all comments, specific topic other than at the same quasi-judicial meeting? public hearings. For those, sworn individuals may comment on each quasi- judicial public hearing for three minutes. Lee County Inverness Belle Glade Florida City Arcadia Branford St. Augustine Belleview Atlantis Beach 3 minutes under How long do 3 min 3 minutes per 3 minutes, but 2 min 3 min 3 min, unless 3 min but the Two minutes general Public allotted more you allow speaker, 5 the Mayor can Mayor often max ( but they Comment, 2 time by the citizens to minutes if waive this. ignores the bell usually go minutes for Mayor. speak under representing a beyond) agenda items Public Input? group or organization. e allow 5 Do you allow Yes No, time Typically, no, Not generally No No this doesn’t minutes if other cannot be but the Mayor happen here someone is speakers to “given” to can waive this. speaking on give their another behalf of a allotted time speaker. group, but no to another donation of time speaker? No, only once Maybe once, Do you allow Only after We do not No We discourage Not generally per topic not a a speaker to everyone has encourage continuous speak more spoken them to speak back and forth. than once more than regarding a once, but it has specific topic happened on at the same occasion. meeting? Tallahassee West Palm Jupiter Palm Beach Lake Worth Royal Palm Loxahatchee Boca Raton Highland Beach Beach Gardens Beach Beach Groves How long do 3 min 3 min 3 min 3 min 3 min for non-3 min 3 min 5 min Public Comments and you allow agenda and Non-agenda items: 5 citizens to consent min speak under agenda Public items; 2 min Ordinances/Resolutions Input? for agenda – 2 min total items Regular and New Business – 2 min Mayor has discretion to alter the time (such as for a large group) Under normal Do you allow Only if they No No No No No It is up to the A member of the public conditions, No. other have Chair if they may designate a speakers to submitted a want to allow representative to speak Speakers get 3 give their public speakers to for them or the group. minutes each. allotted time comment allot their time Mayor may request a to another card. to another few representatives speaker? speaker or let speak rather than all them have the members if there is a floor for more large group. However, if there is a large than 5 group, the minutes. Chair has ability to instruct the group to appoint a spokesperson to speak on their behalf, and the spokesperson is afforded more time at the discretion of the Chair. This has happened only on rare occasions. We normally just let everyone speak. Not really. But, Do you allow Only once per They can No No No No, unless we have ‘open a speaker to item. speak one Mayor gives comment’ at the speak more time during permission end of the than once citizen meeting. We regarding a comments often see folks specific topic and once per who spoke on a at the same item on the prior issue on meeting? agenda the published again sign up to speak again at the end and continue to rehash their comments offered earlier. Pahokee Ocean Ridge Palm Beach Greenacres Rivera Beach Boynton Beach How long do 3 min 3 min 3 min 3 min 3 min 3 min - We set you allow a timer but do citizens to not stop them speak under if they run over Public the limit; our Input? Town Council President or Chairman will usually stop them if the time gets excessive. Do you allow No No No No No other speakers to give their allotted time to another speaker? Do you allow No, but No, unless No No They are a speaker to occasionally our they are allowed to speak more Mayor will allow asked speak for 3 than once a resident to questions by minutes regarding a answer a the Council / during the specific question posed Commission public topic at the by someone on comment same the dais section for meeting? non-agenda items, and then again for 3 minutes for a specific agenda item that allows for public comment (like public hearings). My management team might change it to where the public has 3 minutes to speak on any/all of the agenda items (instead of 3 minutes for each item), and then the 3 minutes for non-agenda items.