The Olathe City Council has adopted a policy on Time Allocations and Rules of Conduct for Speakers at Public Meetings of the Olathe City Council (Policy CC-3) to ensure all interested parties have an opportunity to be heard at public meetings.

Olathe City Clerk’s Office: 100 E. Santa Fe St, Olathe KS 66061; 913-971-8521; cco@olatheks.org

The following is a summary of City Council Policy CC-3.

• A person may sign up by notifying the City Clerk by calling 913-971-8521 or emailing CCO@Olatheks.gov by 5:00 p.m., or in person at City Hall until 30 minutes prior to the start of the meeting. The City Clerk will maintain the speaker list and make the list available until one-half (1/2) hour prior to the beginning of the City Council meeting.
• Speakers will be called in the order they appear on the list for each topic. Speakers must stand at the podium, state their name/address, and briefly describe their issue.
• Speakers wanting to address the City Council on a public hearing item will be allocated a maximum of five (5) minutes.
• Speakers wanting to address the City Council for general issues or concerns unrelated to any items on the City Council’s agenda will be allocated a maximum of three (3) minutes each. The maximum time limit for all speakers wanting to address the City Council for general issues or concerns is thirty (30) minutes. 
• The Mayor or meeting chair may reduce the allocation of time per speaker in order to accommodate a large number of speakers.
• The Mayor or the meeting chair may limit immaterial, unnecessary or redundant comments and/or presentations. 
• Speakers and audience members at City Council meetings are expected to conduct themselves in a civil and respectful manner. Speakers and audience members should refrain from personal attacks against any person, name calling, and inflammatory language. Disruptive conduct may result in removal from the meeting.
• Speakers must address the City Council with their comments and should not address their comments toward fellow audience members. The City Council will not engage in a dialogue or debate with any speaker pertaining to any comments made.

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