2021/07/07 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

July 7, 2021 subsequent questions and asked council members to present their comments on this topic: • The Public Comment section of the meeting: o Are current rules for speaker identification and speaking time working? o Should Council allow citizens to make comments for items not on the agenda? If so, does Council want a preregistration process for public comments? o Are there any limitations Council should be placing on public comments? Discussion ensued regarding public comments being related to policy items/items on the agenda, allowing speakers to comment under an agenda item and not solely under Public Comments,the current practice of asking citizens to state their address for the record as a possible safety issue and maybe asking that they state their city or council district, accepting citizen comments to share community events/stories, requiring a speaker preregistration, providing an adequate deadline for that preregistration to allow staff to attend meetings to address any issues that arise from public comments, time allowance for public comments, remote and in-person public comment options, and a hybrid of in-person and virtual meetings, getting back to in-person meetings, COVID-19 safety, the possibility to allow the Council President to mute anyone who disrespects the rules of civility, and cost impacts of hybrid meetings. President Stonecipher then posed the following questions to council members to present their comments: • Are there any issues with the agenda that need solutions? • Have you received any questions regarding the Everett TV rebroadcast schedule? Regarding the agenda, discussion ensued regarding moving public comments for items not on the agenda to the beginning of the meeting, addressing public comments for items on the agenda during the agenda item, flexibility to move 5