Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 16-4708

• File #: 16-4708
• Version: 2
• Name: DECORUM GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS
• Type: Ordinance Amendment
• Status: Filed
• File created: 8/3/2016
• In control: Rules and Administration Committee
• On agenda: 8/3/2016
• Final action: 11/21/2018
• Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING DECORUM GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 2 Administration, Article III, County Board, Section 2-105 (i) of the Cook County Code, is hereby amended as follows:
• Sponsors: ROBERT STEELE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
11/21/2018	2	Board of Commissioners	receive and file
10/26/2016	2	Rules and Administration Committee	recommend for deferral	Pass
10/5/2016	2	Rules and Administration Committee	recommend for deferral	Pass
9/14/2016	1	Board of Commissioners	defer	Pass
9/14/2016	1	Rules and Administration Committee	accept as substituted	Pass
9/14/2016	1	Rules and Administration Committee	recommend for deferral	Pass
8/3/2016	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING DECORUM GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 2 Administration, Article III, County Board, Section 2-105 (i) of the Cook County Code, is hereby amended as follows:
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(i) Public testimony. Subject to the provisions herein, public testimony will be permitted at regular and special meetings of the Board meetings of the Board and Committees of the Board. Authorization as a public speaker shall only be granted to those individuals who have submitted in writing, their name, address, subject matter, and organization (if any) to the Secretary 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Duly authorized public speakers shall be called upon to deliver testimony at a time specified in the meeting agenda. on any and all matters pending before the Board or in a Committee of the Board meeting on that day at only one of the following times:

1) At 9:00 am on the day of a meeting of the Board;

2) At 9:30 am when there is no meeting of the Board, but a Committee or Committees of the Board will meet and there is a meeting of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board of Commissioners; or

3) Thirty minutes before the first scheduled meeting of a Committee of the Board on days when there is no meeting of the Board, but a Committee or Committees of the Board will meet.

The Secretary shall record and broadcast the public testimony. Pursuant to Section 2-105 (e)(3) of the Code, should a quorum not be present at a meeting of the Board or a Committee of the Board, the Commissioners present shall be competent to receive public testimony.

Public testimony must be germane to a specific item(s) on the meeting agenda, and the testimony must not exceed three minutes; the Secretary will keep track of the time and advise when the time for public testimony has expired. Persons authorized to provide public testimony shall not use vulgar, abusive or oth...