Three speakers addressed council during the public‑comment portion of the Jan. 7 meeting, raising complaints about government legitimacy and safety, praising building maintenance staff, and making personal allegations.

Aikahana Halmaokina, who identified themself as "the grama of the Iroquois Confederacy of Aborigine American people," told council members they are a "separate and distinct community of people" and urged the body to "take meaningful steps to ensure our safety, to ensure that we are not violated, that our rights stay intact." Halmaokina said members of their community do not pledge allegiance to the municipal government or the United States corporate structure as presented in their remarks and described the land under the council chambers as "stolen land." The speaker also referenced the Declaration of Independence in arguing that people have the right to form their own institutions.

Yvonne F. Brown, who said she lives at 715 Mercer Street, praised the maintenance worker who cleans the council chamber first floor and said that sometimes council members display disrespect by sitting with their backs to the public. Brown said she has attended meetings for years and expressed frustration at perceived lack of respect for older residents.

A third speaker, who identified themself as "Special Agent Sunshine," offered a religious invocation that included passages from Proverbs and Psalms and statements accusing unspecified individuals of attempting to harm them with "voodoo" or poison. The speaker described returning those alleged acts "to sender" through prayer and urged listeners toward peace and love.

Remarks during public comment were not followed by recorded council responses or votes on the matters raised. The public‑comment period preceded presentations of council business that included the bill introductions reported during the meeting.

Speakers were reminded at the start of the public‑comment period of council rules limiting remarks to matters of concern, official action or deliberation and prohibiting profanity. The clerk recorded Aikahana Halmaokina as the only registered speaker for the session; additional individuals spoke from the floor after that registration.