Department: Legal
Staff Contact: Ron Shaver / Chris Grunewald
Subject: Report on general issues or concerns portion of City Council Policy CC-3 regarding Time Allocations and Rules of Conduct for Speakers at Public Meetings of the Olathe City Council.
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Report on general issues or concerns portion of City Council Policy CC-3 regarding Time Allocations and Rules of Conduct for Speakers at Public Meetings of the Olathe City Council..
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Summary:
City Council recently updated its speaker policy for City Council Meetings on March 17, 2020. That policy is Council Policy CC-3 regarding Time Allocations and Rules of Conduct for Speakers at Public Meetings of the Olathe City Council. At the City Council meeting on June 17, 2020, City Council requested that Staff provide more information about the general issues or concerns portion of this policy.
Section Two of Policy CC-3 provides the process for persons wanting to address City Council on general issues or concerns, and its key provisions include:
• This portion of the meeting covers persons not speaking on an item on the meeting agenda.
• Persons wishing to speak must sign up no later than thirty (30) minutes prior to the meeting. Persons can sign up by contacting the City Clerk’s Office.
• Speakers are called in the order they sign up.
• Speakers are allocated no more than three (3) minutes to speak.
• The total time for all speakers is thirty (30) minutes.
Staff is prepared to draft proposed revisions to the speaker policy based on any feedback that the City Council would like to provide.
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Financial Impact:
None.
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Action Needed:
Provide feedback to Staff on whether to propose any changes to the policy.
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