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Committee to propose moving community forum into regular board meetings
Summary
The committee agreed to draft a change to Public Participation Policy 01/1987 that would place the community forum within regular board meetings rather than before them; the draft will be brought to the board in November with a planned January start.
The Policy and Personnel Committee discussed and agreed to propose a revision to Public Participation Policy 01/1987 that would change the language on when the community forum occurs. Under the suggested wording, the community forum would be held "within every regular scheduled board meeting" rather than "prior to" the meeting.
Committee members and staff said embedding the forum during the meeting (rather than before it) could remove scheduling confusion and allow the board to hear community forum comments before agenda items are taken up. The committee clarified that the community forum (open comment on any topic) is distinct from "delegations to be heard," which must be agenda items; both would remain on the agenda under the proposed reorder.
Chair (Speaker 1) said the change would be drafted and brought forward as Draft 1 to the full board in November for consideration, with implementation intended for January. Committee members noted Robert’s Rules implications and confirmed the board president may offer a brief response but that the community forum is not a back‑and‑forth dialogue.
Next steps: administration will prepare draft language for the board packet in November and the committee indicated intent to implement the change in the next calendar cycle if the board approves.
