Sign up by 5 p.m. Friday to attend or speak at the meeting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City Council will meet for its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, July 13 at 6:30 p.m. electronically via videoconferencing technology due to City offices being closed to the public at this time.
Citizens wishing to sign up to speak at the meeting, attend with someone who is speaking, or remove an item from the consent agenda are required to contact City Clerk Anita Cotter by 5 p.m. Friday, July 10. This can be done via an online form, by calling 417-864-1651 or by emailing [email protected]. The agenda is located here.
Citizens who have signed up with the City Clerk in accordance with the new rule will be provided the option to participate electronically from a City provided computer terminal in Historic City Hall.
Citizens who have experienced any of the following, will not be allowed inside City Hall:
- Flu-like symptoms
- Respiratory illness (cough, difficulty breathing)
- Fever
- Traveled in the past 14 days to an affected area
- Been exposed to someone who has traveled to an affected area
- Been exposed to someone who has been evaluated for the illness or confirmed illness.
To read more about the proposed masking ordinance, view the news release sent out July 7. Additional educational materials from the Springfield-Greene Health Department include a white paper on the issue and a memo to City Council. Citizens wishing to submit their comments on the proposed masking ordinance, rather than appear, are asked to do so via an online form by 5 p.m., Sunday, July 12.
Citizens wishing to submit their comments on any other item on the agenda, rather than appear, are asked to do so via an online form or by emailing [email protected] by 5 p.m., Sunday, July 12.
City Council meetings can be viewed on Mediacom cable channels 15.1, 22 and 80 and AT&T Uverse channel 99, or viewed online at Cityview.springfieldmo.gov/livestream. The meetings are also livestreamed on the @CityofSgf Facebook page.
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For more information, contact Cora Scott, Director of Public Information & Civic Engagement at 417-380-3352 or [email protected] or Anita Cotter, City Clerk, at 417-864-1651 or [email protected].