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Council reads proposed citizen input rules requiring name and three‑minute limit; no vote taken
Summary
Council staff read a proposed resolution setting rules for public comments at Lewisburg City Council meetings — including a requirement to state name and address for the record and a three‑minute time limit — but the council did not vote on the proposal at this meeting.
The council heard a staff reading of a proposed resolution that would formalize rules for citizen input at Lewisburg City Council meetings. The resolution specifies recording a speaker’s name and address, a three‑minute time limit per speaker, prohibition on personal attacks and religious comments, and a rule limiting repetitive comments on the same subject to three minutes.
Nut graf: The proposed text was read aloud to the council and public, but there was no motion or roll-call vote to adopt it during this meeting. The reading makes clear the specific requirements under consideration; adoption would require a subsequent council action.
The resolution text read by staff begins with a preamble citing the mayor and council’s intent to allow citizens to address the council and then lists specific conditions: speakers must provide name and address for the record; they must describe subject matter; there will be no voting during citizen input; speaking time will be limited to three minutes; speakers should address the council rather than the audience; personal attacks and religious comments are disallowed; and no more than three minutes will be allowed for the same subject. The text also requests that attendees exit the property in a timely manner after adjournment.
Ending: The item was presented to the council by staff and is on the record for future action; the council did not adopt the resolution at this meeting.
