(Fargo, ND) – Governance policy changes at the City of Fargo will be implemented beginning with tonight’s Fargo City Commission meeting.
At its April 29 meeting, the Fargo City Commission unanimously voted to update its governance policies, which address the roles and responsibilities of the Commission and Mayor, along with other aspects of the Commission, including a new process for resident comments.
Beginning with tonight’s meeting:
- City of Fargo residents or Fargo business owners who wish to address the City Commission may do so for topics on the regular agenda during that section of the agenda following the staff presentation.
- Residents wanting to provide comments must sign up by noon on the day of a regularly scheduled meeting. Sign-up can be completed online or by contacting the City Commission Office at 701.241.1310.
- At the beginning of an agenda item, the Mayor will state the number of speakers and the time to be allotted for resident comments.
- No more than 12 individuals will be allowed to sign up to speak on an agenda item. Each speaker will have 2.5 minutes to comment, with a maximum of 30 minutes of resident comment allotted per agenda item.
- At the end of the City Commission meeting, there will be a general resident comment period for items not on that evening’s meeting agenda. Rules for this comment period will be the same as the rules for residents’ comments on agenda items.
The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. in the City Commission chambers at Fargo City Hall.
