Council has officially approved a change to the public comment period for formal Council Meetings.

Last Thursday, the Public Input Subcommittee voted to recommend a change to Council Meetings that would move public comment for items on the agenda to the beginning of the meeting, rather than the end of the meeting.

In Thursday’s Council Meeting, Council will have their final vote to approve new rules surrounding multimedia materials in public comment. The new policy would revise existing public comment rules to clarify that public comment is “a time for residents to address the Council with their own spoken comments.”

The Public Input Subcommittee continues discussing new public input events outside of City Hall.

At this Thursday’s Public Input Subcommittee meeting, the committee will discuss a CivicLex proposal for two new types of Council-hosted meetings that could be used as opportunities to gather more public input.

The City’s Division of Planning is hosting a public input session this week on the Imagine Lexington 2045 Comprehensive Plan’s implementation policies.

The Public Input Subcommittee reported on their work to the General Government & Planning Committee.

This week, the General Government & Planning Committee will hear reports from the Public Input Subcommittee and the Subcommittee on Council Rules and Procedures as well as a presentation on how Lexington renters are represented on LFUCG’s boards and commissions.

The Public Input Subcommittee met again to continue their discussions on best practices for public engagement in City Council Meetings.

Last week at the City Council Meetings, you may have noticed some big changes to the public comment sign-up process!

The subcommittee working on updating and improving Council’s Public Input procedures will meet on Thursday, April 20th at 10am in the 5th floor conference room of the Government Center.

Last week, the Public Input Subcommittee met to continue its discussion related to recommendations from our Public Input Report!

After our presentation of our Public Input Recommendations, Council formed a Public Input Subcommittee to work on implementing our recommendations!

In Tuesday’s General Government and Planning (GGP) Council Committee meeting, our Executive Director Richard Young will present our 12 recommendations on how to improve Public Input in City Hall!