Every agenda for a regular meeting shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the Board on any item under the jurisdiction of the Board for a total of 3 minutes. With respect to any item which is already on the agenda, or in connection with any item which the Board will consider the public will be given the opportunity to comment before or during the Board’s consideration of the item. Where a member of the public raises an issue which has not yet come before the Board, the item may be briefly discussed but no action may be taken at that meeting. The purpose of the discussion is to permit a member of the public to raise an issue or problem with the Board or to permit the Board to provide information to the public, provide direction to its staff, or schedule the matter for a future meeting. *The Brown Act specifically authorizes the Board to adopt regulations to assist in processing comments from the public. The Board may establish procedures for public comment as well as specifying reasonable time limitations on particular topics or individual speakers. So long as the Board acts fairly with respect to the interest of the public and competing factions, it has great discretion in regulating the Powered by BoardOnTrack 2 of 4 Purpose Presenter Time time and manner, as distinguished from the content, of testimony by interested members of the public.

Governance training conducted by Young, Minnie & Corr.

Presenters:

Jerry Simmons