Office of the City Clerk - Record #: SR2021-523

• Record #: SR2021-523
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 5/26/2021
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Committees and Rules
• Title: Amendment of City Council Rules of Order and Procedure by modifying Rule 58 to allow for in person public participation or participation from remote location by means of electronic, video, audio, or telephonic connection at City Council or committee meetings
• Sponsors: Smith, Michele, Harris, Michelle A.
• Topic: CITY COUNCIL - Rules of Order & Procedure

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
9/14/2021	34192	City Council	Adopted
9/13/2021		Committee on Committees and Rules	Substituted in Committee
9/10/2021		Committee on Committees and Rules	Recommended to Pass
5/26/2021	31445	City Council	Referred

SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. The Rules of Order and Procedure of the City Council, City of Chicago, for the 2019 — 2023 term are hereby amended by deleting the language struck through, and: by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
Public Participation.

RULE 58, Any member ofthe general public may address orally, in person orfrom a remote location by means of a video, audio, telephonic or other electronic connection,-or in writing any committee of, or meeting 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.); provided that oral public comment at meetings of the City Council shall be subject to the time limits set forth below. Any person who orally addresses a committee of, or meeting of, the City Council shall:

(1) be physically present insido tho assembly: room whero the meriting' takes placo;
(24 limit his or her their remarks to three minutes, and if the person intends to address more than one item, use that time, at the Chairman's direction, to address one, or several, such items;
(3 2) iimit bis-or her their remarks to the subject matter appearing on the agenda of the meeting;
(4 3) refrain from profane language, obscene conduct; or disruptive comments;

(§ 4) submit his or her requestto speak.pursuant to a protocol promulgated by the Sergeant-at-Arms; and " ¦
($5) comply with the order ofthe Chairman ofthe meeting.
Any person who submits written comments shall do so in conformity with the applicable provisions of the Sergeant-at-Arms' protocol.

The Chairman of the meeting has authority and discretion to: (i) curtail or limit public comment if -the commenter fails to comply with this Rule, and (ii) allow reasonable variances fromthe three-minute time limit in appropriate, non-discriminatory, circumstances. Public comment at meetings* of the City Council, except for the City Council meeting that includes the annual ...