Guidelines for speaking at Town Council sessions:
How Can You Speak Directly to Yanceyville's Governing Body?
The Yanceyville Town Council requests and encourages comments
and involvement from members of our community. Whether you own
a business, represent a group, or you want to share an opinion,
we want to hear from you!
In order to facilitate your involvement in the process of
local government decision-making, the Yanceyville Town Council
has established several methods for you to publicly address
the governing body.
They are as follows:
Sign up for Citizen Comment at the Start of the Meeting
A citizen comment period occurs at the beginning of every regularly
scheduled meeting of the Yanceyville Town Council the first
Tuesday of each month. If you have a concern you wish the council
to hear, then sign-up any time prior to the meeting. A sign-up
sheet is provided at the meeting as you enter the Town Hall
Lobby. Those who sign-up for the citizen comment period are
asked to limit your comment to 5 minutes. If there are a number
of groups or individuals, commenting on the same issue or concern,
the Mayor reserves the right to ask that a speaker be appointed
from the group to make the presentation. The Town Council also
reserves the right not to act on requests first presented at
the same meeting.
Individual Contact - Ask a Town Council Member to be Placed
on the Agenda
For any meeting of the Yanceyville Town Council (a regular meeting,
a special called meeting, or an emergency meeting) anyone may
ask a council member to be added to the agenda prior to such
meeting. It will be up to a majority (e.g., a motion must be
made by a council member, properly seconded, and the request
will be put to a vote) of the Town Council to decide if a citizen,
group, or organization that is not already part of such meeting
agenda's called purpose is to be permitted to address the Council.
Public Hearings
The Yanceyville Town Council regularly schedules public hearings
on a variety of topics. If you wish to speak during a public
hearing, simply attend the meeting and raise your hand to
be recognized at the appropriate time. In order to address
the council during a public hearing, the Mayor must first
recognize the individual or organization wishing to speak
during the public hearing. Public Hearings are advertised
in local newspapers prior to the hearings.
Courtesy
When publicly addressing Yanceyville's governing body, the
Council asks that you obey reasonable standards of courtesy
in your remarks. The Mayor has the authority to determine
whether a speaker has gone beyond reasonable standards of
courtesy in his or her remarks and to entertain and rule on
objections from other members of the Council on this ground.
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding procedures for making
public comment to Yanceyville's governing body, they may be
addressed by referring to the Town of Yanceyville Town Council's
Rules of Procedure, a copy of which is available from the
Town Manager for your review upon request.
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