2. No slander, defamation, abusive, or impertinent comments will be allowed as part of any presentation to the Commission.
3. Presentations to the Commission must relate to an agenda item which pertains to the Commission’s governmental activities.
4. Speakers should make their comments concise and to the point, presenting relevant information they wish the Commission to consider.
5. All remarks must be addressed to the Commission as a body and not to any individual member of the Commission or staff of the Commission.
6. No person, other than a member of the Commission and the Speaker then authorized to speak, may be permitted to enter into any discussion, either directly or through a member of the Commission, without permission of the Chair.
7. A Speaker’s time is an opportunity to direct comments to the Commission; it is not intended to be and will not be permitted to become a question-and-answer session.
8. Any Speaker who becomes disorderly or who fails to confine remarks to the identified subject or business at hand or who otherwise violates this policy may be given a verbal warning by the Chair. Following such a warning, the Speaker may continue, provided that they do so in accordance with this policy. If, after such a warning the Speaker fails to comply with this policy, the Speaker may be directed to end their comments. If the Speaker does not do so, they may be subject to removal from the meeting room. The Chair may bar any person failing to comply with this policy after receiving and ignoring a warning from making any additional comments during the meeting, unless permission to continue, or to address the Commission again, is granted by the majority of the Commission members present. In extreme circumstances, a Speaker or other person who has caused significant disruption or disruption on more than one occasion may be barred from attendance at future Commission meetings for a time period to be determined by a majority of the Commission.
9. Clapping, applauding, heckling or verbal outbursts in support of or in opposition to a Speaker or their remarks is discouraged. Any such activity that becomes disruptive may result in removal from the meeting.
