Record #: SR2016-625   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 9/14/2016 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Committees, Rules and Ethics
Final action: 10/5/2016
Title: Amendment of City Council Rules of Order and Procedure by adding new Rule 58 allowing public participation at committee meetings open to public under Illinois Open Meetings Act
Sponsors: Burke, Edward M., Harris, Michelle A.
Topic: CITY COUNCIL - Rules of Order & Procedure
Attachments: 1. SR2016-625.pdf, 2. R2016-625.pdf
RESOLUTION


BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
The Rules of Order and Procedure of the City Council of the City of Chicago for the 2015 - 2019 term are hereby amended by adding a new Rule 58, as follows:
Public Participation
RULE 58. Any member of the general public may address any committee of the City Council at any meeting required to be open to the public under the Open Meetings Act (5 ILCS 120/1, et seq.). Any such person who addresses a committee ofthe City Council shall:
be physically present inside the assembly room where the committee's meeting takes place and submit a request to testify;
limit his or her remarks to three minutes;
limit his or her remarks to the specific subject matter appearing on the agenda of the meeting;
refrain from use of profane language or obscene conduct, or make irrelevant, repetitious or disruptive comments; and
comply with the order ofthe Chairman ofthe committee meeting.

Alderman, 14th Ward Alderman, 8th Ward
The committee Chairman has authority and discretion to: (i) curtail or limit public comment if the witness fails to comply with this Rule, and (ii) allow reasonable variances from the three-minute time limit in appropriate, non-discriminatory, circumstances.