Missoula City Council Meetings Add 2 New Ways To Comment

Press release from the City of Missoula:

April 25, 2020

The Missoula City Council and the City Clerk’s Office are excited to offer two new features for residents to better engage on local issues. Council members will also consider a proposal this coming Monday to move their regular meeting time to allow more time for the public to participate during meetings.

eComment

The City is offering a new eComment feature on meeting agendas published at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/webcasts. Click on the "Open for Comment" link, select the agenda item of interest and fill in the form. eComments are reviewed and published. We’ll start taking eComments as soon as an agenda is published through the end of a meeting. The Council agenda as well as the Committee Schedule with committee agendas are published Friday late afternoons or evenings for the following week.

City Council Voicemail

City Council has set up a voicemail box for the public to leave voicemail messages. The phone number is 406-552-6012. The voicemail messages will be delivered to all City Council members through their e-mail and are included in the daily e-mails posted on the Council’s webpage.

Proposal to move City Council Meetings to 6 p.m.

The April 27 City Council agenda includes a proposal to change the Council meeting time to 6 p.m. as proposed by Council leadership. Meetings that include matters of great public interest often go long into the evening. The proposal is to move the Council meeting time up by an hour to allow more time for the public to comment before it’s time to retire. The proposal requires a two-thirds vote of all Council members to be approved. If it’s approved, it will be effective for all future City Council meetings.

This press release was produced by the City of Missoula. The views expressed here are the author’s own.