Public Comment At Board Meeting Policy

PURPOSE:

To facilitate input from the broader library community, Library Board of Trustees meetings shall include public comment period.

POLICY:

Library Board of Trustees meetings shall include a public comment period, one at the beginning of each meeting, held after the call to order.

Comment period will be limited to 30 minutes, unless extended by the Board. Each person wishing to speak during a public comment period will be limited to five minutes.

RESPONSIBILITY:

The Board President, or whichever trustee is chairing the meeting, shall oversee application of this policy.

PROCEDURE:

Members of the public may submit public comment in-person at the Board meeting. Additionally, they may submit public comment email at hamlib@ncls.org by 4pm the day of the meeting (to be read during the comment period) or during the meeting.

Public Comment may also be left on the answering machine at 315-324-5139 by 4pm the day of the meeting to be read during the public comment period.

All individuals submitting public comment, in whatever format, must provide their name and address for public record.

As stated above.

APPROVED/REVIEWED

Adopted: September 2023