BLOOMINGTON- The Bloomington Common Council will meet on Tuesday, April 30 at 6 p.m. in the McCloskey Conference Room (#135) of the Showers Building at 401 N Morton Street. The agenda has been released for the meeting, and it reads as follows:
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. AGENDA REVIEW
III. DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT AT COUNCIL MEETINGS
a. Review of current Council guidelines and practices related to public comment
b. First Amendment rights in the context of public comment at Council meetings (Stephen Lucas)
c. Identification of problems with public comment that the Council should address
i. Hate speech
ii. Immediate reaction(s) to hate speech
iii. Rigidity of current format of Council regular sessions*
d. Ideas for solutions
i. Examples of rules and procedures of other Indiana cities
ii. Distinction between public comment via Zoom and public comment in person
iii. Discussion of possible revisions to Council policies and practices regarding public
comment
IV. PUBLIC COMMENT
V. NEXT STEPS
VI. ADJOURNMENT
