PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION:
If any person wishes to address the City Commission, the person shall sign up
in the Fort Lauderdale Police Department lobby. A member of the City Clerk’s
Office Staff will be there to assist. Speaker Cards are given to the Mayor. After
being recognized by the Mayor, the speaker should approach the podium,
identify the agenda item in question, indicate support, opposition, or neutrality
on the agenda item, and then proceed to succinctly state the speaker’s position
or present information.
If an attorney, or any other person appears before the Commission in a
representative capacity, the attorney, or other representative shall also sign up
in the Fort Lauderdale Police Department lobby. A member of the City Clerk’s
Office Staff will be there to assist. After being recognized by the Mayor, the
speaker should approach the podium, identify the client(s) being represented,
and identify the agenda item in question. The speaker shall then indicate the
client’s support, opposition, or neutrality on the agenda item and then proceed
to succinctly state the client’s position or present information on behalf of the
client(s).
Pursuant to Section 3.13 of the Charter of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
the Mayor shall maintain order at all meetings, and the Police Department, upon
instructions of the Mayor, shall expel any person from the meeting who refuses
to obey the order of the Mayor in relation to preserving order at the meetings.
Any person who interrupts or disturbs a City Commission meeting, or who
willfully enters or remains in a City Commission meeting having been warned by
the Mayor to depart and who refuses to do so, may be subject to arrest.
AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES: If you desire auxiliary aids or services or both
to assist in viewing or hearing the City Commission meetings or reading the
agenda and minutes for the meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at
954-828-5002 at a minimum of two days prior to the meeting and arrangements
will be made to provide these services to you.
