| (a) The commission shall include "public comment" as a topic on the agenda for each regularly scheduled commission meeting. (b) A person wishing to address the commission about any subject under the commission's jurisdiction shall fill out a Public Comment form prior to the start of the meeting and submit the form to the chair. (c) The chair will recognize those requests to address the commission during the "public comment" portion of a meeting. (d) A person may address the commission regarding any issue related to the jurisdiction of the commission. The chair or executive director may impose a time limit for those wishing to address or make a presentation to the commission. The allotted period for a person addressing the commission may only be extended by commission vote and may not be extended by another person delegating, ceding, passing or otherwise granting allotted comment time in lieu of addressing the commission. (e) The commission may not comment or make a decision about a subject not listed on the agenda except to reply with: (1) a statement of specific factual information in response to the inquiry; (2) a recitation of existing policy in response to the inquiry; or (3) a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for a subsequent commission meeting. (f) At least 20 days prior to a meeting, a person from the general public may submit a written request to the chair or executive director for an item to be placed on the meeting agenda. The executive director shall forward such requests to the chair. The chair shall consider the request but has the discretion to include the requested item on the agenda or to only allow for comment as described in subsections (a) - (e) of this section. |
