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CITY COUNCIL RULES 23C AND 37 CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

  1. State your name and address
  2. State the agenda item you are speaking about
  3. Only comments on agenda items under debate are allowed
  4. Signs, posters, and placards must remain outside the Chamber

To read the rules related to public comment, please read the Rules of the City Council.

Public Comment Sign Up Form

Public comment is open to anyone wishing to speak to an item on the City Council agenda. This form should also be used to sign up to provide testimony/comment at a Public Hearing. Please note that any information you enter below will be displayed as you speak.

Please refer to the specific agenda item that you wish to speak on. For example, Policy Order #5. Do not refer to the index number (ex: POR 2017 #276). Please contact the council office if you have any questions.

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There are no meetings currently open for public comment registration; please check the Hearing Schedule for a list of upcoming meetings. Please note that as per Cambridge City Council rules, members of the public may only sign up for public comment during prescribed hours:

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 30A, SECTION 20 (g)
No person shall address a meeting of a public body without permission of the chair, and all persons shall, at the request of the chair, be silent. No person shall disrupt the proceedings of a meeting of a public body. If, after clear warning from the chair, a person continues to disrupt the proceedings, the chair may order the person to withdraw from the meeting and if the person does not withdraw, the chair may authorize a constable or other officer to remove the person from the meeting.

CITY COUNCIL RULE 30. MEMBERS LOBBY.
No person will be admitted within the rail in the Sullivan Chamber or in Members' Lobby connected with said chamber at any meeting of the City Council except upon permission of the chair.

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