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Call to the Public

A maximum of sixty (60) minutes will be allotted for a public comment portion of each regular City Council meeting to allow members of the public to have a reasonable opportunity to provide comment on items not already posted on the agenda.

Public comment under Call to the Public is an accommodation and not a requirement of City Council.

Call to the Public will begin at 12:00 p.m. the day of the meeting. Requests to speak must be received by 9:00 a.m. on the date of the meeting. Sixty minutes in total will be devoted for Call to the Public. This time is reserved for members of the public who would like to address the City Council on items that are NOT on the Agenda.

Sign Up Process

Any person signing up to provide comment during the public comment portion of the agenda must provide their name, address, phone number, and a short description of the topic(s) of their comment.

Members of the public are required to speak on the topic identified upon the sign-up form

Participation Rules

No speaker will have more than three (3) minutes to speak or otherwise make a presentation, regardless of the number of topics the speaker wishes to address within their timeslot. You may NOT grant your time to another nor may you purport to speak for another who is not present at the meeting.

All persons in attendance are expected to display civility and decorum that is respectful to other persons, without the use of insulting, profane, threatening, or abusive language. Public comment will not be used for personal attacks. Nor may any member of the public use this forum for political statements or campaigning.

Presentations

A document camera and projection system ("Overhead Projector") is available for use for public comment on posted items and call to the public.

In order to ensure cyber security, members of the public are prohibited from sending or utilizing presentations in any electronic format, including but not limited to email, and from using a Universal Serial Bus (USB) compact disk (CD) or digital versatile disk (DVD) for public comment and call to the public.

Members of the public shall submit a printed document(s) and/or presentation they wish to display on the Overhead Projector to the City Clerk no later than close of business on the previous City business day before the meeting date.

Any document that contains insulting, profane, threatening or abusive language, nudity, or campaign material will be rejected. City Staff will assist members of the public in using the Overhead Projector during the meeting.

Interpretation Services

If you need Spanish Interpretation Services, please email CityClerk@elpasotexas.gov at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting.

If you have any questions, please contact the City Clerk's Office at (915) 212-0049 or cityclerk@elpasotexas.gov.