City of Coldwater issued the following announcement on Dec. 30.
Electronic Meeting of the City of Coldwater Planning Commission
Video and Telephone Conferencing Meeting Notice
Monday, January 4, 2021 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 in the event of a local declaration of state of emergency and the Branch County Commission’s December 8, 2020 declaration pursuant to the Emergency Management Act, Public Act 390 of 1976, of a State of Emergency in Branch County due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Coldwater Planning Commission will hold a Regular Meeting via telephone conferencing at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, January 4, 2021, for purpose of conducting such business that comes before the Board. 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 wishing to participate in the meeting through electronic means will have access to the meeting through the following methods:
ELECTRONIC PLANNING COMMISSION 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:
1-877-853-5257 or 1-888-475-4499 (Meeting ID: 832 3056 8688) 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 Planning Commission. Those calling in will be able to hear the audio of the Planning Commission 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 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING PARTICIPATION
The following are the procedures by which persons 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, all public comment will be taken at the beginning of the meeting and again at the end of the meeting.
- Phone-in audience: To make a public comment, state your name and express your interest when called upon to do so.
- The time limit for an individual’s public comments shall be 5 minutes.
- Planning Chairman Aloha Miller: awmiller192@gmail.com
- Planning Member Salwa Alsuraimi: alsuraimi@outlook.com
- Planning Member Michael Beckwith: mbeckwith@coldwater.org
- Planning Member Jeff Budd: jbudd@coldwater.org
- Planning Member Aaron Garn: aaron.garn@zetaone.com
- Planning Member Dave Rumsey: rdavid.rumsey@gmail.com
- Planning Member Jessika Cole: jessika.l.cole@gmail.com
- Planning Member Chris Stevens: rmservicechris@aol.com
- Mayor Tom Kramer: tkramer@coldwater.org
- Zoning Administrator Dean Walrack: dwalrack@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.
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