§ 22.40.130. Agenda—Public presentations.

A.

Public testimony and comment may be made without prior notice concerning legislation then being considered by the assembly in the form of an ordinance set for public hearing or resolution when the assembly considers the specific legislative items. The time allowed for public testimony is three minutes, individually or by agent. A person may give individual testimony and testify as an agent of another, but may not exceed three minutes total. Additional time may be granted by the president, upon motion and approval by the assembly, to a person testifying who possesses special knowledge or expertise on the matter being heard. The three-minute limitation shall be strictly enforced by the president. At the request of an assembly member, with one week prior notice before an assembly meeting, teleconferencing may be set up from areas over 50 miles from the borough building on Binkley Street in Soldotna. The agenda item on which the public wishes to testify will be specific and be limited to the same rules applied in this section. Arrangements for the teleconference will be made by the borough clerk.

B.

Any member of the public desiring to make a formal presentation before the borough assembly at a regular meeting concerning a subject not contained in the assembly's agenda for that meeting shall give notice to the borough clerk by the deadline for submitting items for the agenda set by KPB 22.40.050(C) and state the subject of the presentation. The total time permitted for formal presentations with prior notice concerning a subject not contained in the assembly's agenda for that meeting shall be limited to ten minutes per topic, regardless of the number of persons participating in the presentation. The aggregate time for presentations with prior notice shall be 20 minutes per meeting. If the total requests received exceed 20 minutes, the clerk shall schedule the requests by giving priority based on the order the requests were received. The assembly president may, with the concurrence of a majority of the assembly, allow additional time. This time limit shall not apply to formal presentations made at the request of the mayor or the assembly. This section does not preclude the borough clerk, with the approval of the assembly president, from scheduling presentations which will exceed ten minutes prior to the beginning of an assembly meeting or before the assembly as a committee of the whole. Any other formal presentations shall be made as approved in the agenda.

C.

The time limits for presentations established by this section do not include time used in responding to questions from assembly members.

(Ord. No. 2007-26, § 2, 8-21-07; Ord. No. 2003-36, § 2, 11-18-03; Ord. No. 97-09, § 1, 1997; Ord. No. 90-29, § 3(part), 1990; Ord. No. 86-7, § 1, 1986; Ord. No. 83-34, § 1, 1983; Ord. No. 81-110, § 1, 1981; Ord. No. 80-31, § 2, 1981; Ord. No. 79-33, § 2, 1979; Ord. No. 72-34, § 2, 1974; Ord. No. 57, § 3(part), 1967; KPC § 05.15.050)