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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
PUBLIC TESTIMONY
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that CHAPTER 2, ADMINISTRATION, DIVISION 2. - RULES OF ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE, SECTION 2-106 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 2-106. Public Testimony at meetings of the Board, its Committees, Joint Committees, and Subcommittees.
The Board encourages public participation in the legislative process. The following rules shall apply at any meeting of the Board and its committees at which public comment or testimony is taken:
(a) Public testimony at all meetings. Subject to the provisions herein, public testimony will be permitted at all meetings of the Board, its committees, joint committees, and subcommittees. Any member of the general public may address the Board or any of its committees at any remote meeting required to be open to the public under the Open Meetings Act (5 ILCS 120/1, et seq.) in writing, or orally from a remote location by means of electronic, video, audio, or telephonic connection if permitted in the meeting notice.
(b) Authorization to speak. Authorization as a public speaker or to provide written testimony to be read into the record of a meeting of the Board, its committees, joint committees, and subcommittees shall be granted to those individuals who have submitted in writing, their name, municipality of residence, subject matter, and organization (if any) to the Secretary.
(c) Public comment period. Duly authorized public speakers shall be called upon to deliver testimony at a time specified in the meeting agenda, or at the discretion of the chair, but prior to final action by the meeting body as is practicable. For remote meetings, the public comment period may be limited to written testimony which will be read into the record.
(d) Germane subject matter encouraged. Public testimony should be germane to a specific item(s) on the meeting agenda. To preserve order and decorum and in the...
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