City of Coldwater issued the following announcement on Nov. 18.
Electronic Meeting of the City of Coldwater City Council
Video and Telephone Conferencing Meeting Notice
Monday, November 23, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.
Pursuant to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Robert Gordon’s Emergency Order dated October 5, 2020, now in effect, which imposed restrictions on gatherings, including public meetings, to mitigate the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and in compliance with Michigan’s Open Meeting Act as amended in Public Act 228 of 2020 which provides that public bodies subject to the Open Meetings Act may use telephone and or video conferencing technology to meet remotely and conduct business until December 31, 2020, the City of Coldwater City Council will hold a Regular Meeting via telephone conferencing at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, November 23, 2020, for purpose of conducting such business that comes before the Council. For current and up-to-date information regarding the coronavirus, visit: http://www.Michigan.gov/Coronavirus or http://www.CDC.gov/Coronavirus.
Members of the public may view and participate in the meeting by the following methods:
ELECTRONIC CITY COUNCIL MEETING ACCESS
For individuals who may wish to give public comment, the method for providing public comment during this remote-participation meeting is to call the following toll-free numbers:
1-888-475-4499 or 1-877-853-5257 (Meeting ID: 865-0260-1065) A Participant ID is not required.
Callers wishing to give public comment may call in before the meeting starts and wait in a “virtual waiting room.” These instructions will be included in every official published agenda of the City Council. Those calling in will be able to hear the audio of the City Council meeting, but they will be muted until called on. Callers who do not wish to give public comment are encouraged to view the meeting live-streamed on YouTube at, bit.ly/ColdwaterVideo and also on Skitter Channel 61.
ELECTRONIC CITY COUNCIL MEETING PARTICIPATION
The following are the procedures by which members of the public may contact members of the public body to provide input or ask questions about any business that will come before it.
- To help meeting flow and organization, and consistent with Council procedures, all public comment will be taken during public comment periods at the beginning of the meeting and again at the end of the meeting.
- To make a public comment during a public comment period, press *9 on a touchtone phone or keypad to “raise your hand” to be called on. When called upon, press *6 to unmute your device. Then, please state your name and express your interest.
- The time limit for an individual’s public comments shall remain 5 minutes.
- Mayor Tom Kramer: tkramer@coldwater.org
- Mayor Pro Tem Randall Hazelbaker: rhazelbaker@coldwater.org
- 1st Ward Councilmember Travis Machan: tmachan@coldwater.org
- 1st Ward Councilmember Emily Rissman: erissman@coldwater.org
- 2nd Ward Councilmember Jim Knaack: jknaack@coldwater.org
- 2nd Ward Councilmember Chad Johnson: cjohnson@coldwater.org
- 3rd Ward Councilmember Michael Beckwith: mbeckwith@coldwater.org
- 3rd Ward Councilmember John Petzko: jpetzko@coldwater.org
- 4th Ward Councilmember Scott Houtz: shoutz@coldwater.org
- City Manager Keith Baker: kbaker@coldwater.org
- City Clerk Susan Heath: sheath@coldwater.org
The City of Coldwater will provide reasonably necessary auxiliary aids for viewing the meeting including YouTube and Skitter Channel 61, and will provide Closed Captioning upon request. If other aids are needed for persons with disabilities, please contact the City Clerk at sheath@coldwater.org at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.
Technical support for this meeting will be available by calling the CBPU Help Desk at 517-279-1330.
Original source can be found here.
Source: City of Coldwater
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