§ 2-37. Addressing the Commission.

(a)

If a subject is not on the agenda for a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners it may be added by motion and an affirmative vote of a majority of all Board members present that the subject should not be delayed until the next meeting.

(b)

Any person appearing to provide the Board factual information or expert opinion to consider prior to taking official action shall be governed by the following procedure:

(1)

Prior to addressing the Board the speaker shall approach any podium or any other place otherwise designated by the Board of County Commissioners for this purpose and clearly state his or her full name, home address, the name of the person or entity that he or she represents and the subject of his or her address.

(2)

Before providing factual information or expert opinion the speaker may ask, and any Commissioner may require the speaker to be placed under the following oath with right hand upraised:

"I willfully swear under oath the facts and testimony I furnish this Board to be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and not inconsistent or contradictory with other statements made by me under oath."

No person shall be required to take this oath more than once in any given day, but shall be reminded he is under oath before again addressing the Board. Each commissioner, shall take the oath one time and be considered under oath during the term of his office.

Those asking questions or desiring to comment on a matter before the Board shall not be required to take the oath. Any Commissioner may at any time request such a speaker to take the above oath.

(3)

Each person shall limit his address to three minutes unless granted additional time by the Chairman or by an affirmative vote of the majority of the Board members present. All remarks shall be to the Board as a body and not to any individual member. No person other than a Commissioner shall discuss directly or through a Commissioner, without authorization of the presiding officer.

(4)

Any person making impertinent or slanderous remarks or who becomes boisterous shall be instructed to remain silent by the presiding officer, until permission to continue is granted.

(Ord. No. 75-16, § 1(2); Ord. No. 07-50, § 1)