Please observe the following rules of civility to maintain the decorum of City Council Meetings.

Council meetings are a space where everyone should feel safe and comfortable to share their views. Please avoid disruptions, threats, or unprotected speech. These actions or comments may result in removal from the meeting. Also, the Council does not find comments with intimidating or discriminatory language persuasive, and they do not help create a safe environment. To keep meetings respectful and efficiently running, please follow these guidelines: 

1. Language: Avoid profanity, threats, personal attacks, or discriminatory language. 
2. Disruptions: Avoid cheering, clapping, yelling, waving signs, or approaching the Council without being asked by the Chair. 
3. Signs and Props: Signs are allowed if they don’t block others’ views or disrupt the meeting. To help avoid this, please follow these guidelines:
   • Keep signs small enough to hold in your lap or at your feet. 
   • Sticks or poles are not allowed for safety reasons. 
   • You can place your sign on the floor near the podium during your turn to speak. 
   • Please coordinate with staff before the meeting if you have presentation materials that need to be copied or distributed to Council Members. Please do not approach the dais. 
4. Furniture: Please do not put your feet on furniture, touch the artwork and other decor, or bring food or drinks into the meeting room. 
5. Bags: Staff or security may need to inspect large bags, purses, or backpacks for safety. 
6. Recording: If you’re recording the meeting, please work with staff or security to find a suitable place to set up that won’t cause a disruption. 
    

The Council respects constitutional rights to free speech. It recognizes that some comments may be legally permissible under the U.S. and Utah Constitutions or other federal and state laws. However, the Council reserves the right to address behavior that creates disruption or safety risk or constitutes unprotected speech (such as true threats). In such cases, staff or security may intervene, including potentially removing individuals to ensure meeting order and public safety. 

Print Version

Read a copy of the Council Member Policy Manual.

Please note, the Council adopted changes to the manual on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, relating to Social Media Management and Social Media Terms of Use. See the updated terms of use policy in the section below “Social Media Terms of Use.”

The Salt Lake City Council strives to represent the citizens of Salt Lake City through all its legislative actions.

The Salt Lake City Council Office has created this web page to enable communication between the public and the City Council regarding City programs, services, projects, issues, events, and activities. Salt Lake City’s official website is www.slc.gov. The City Council’s official website is www.slc.gov/council.

Social Media Terms of Use

a. Any individual accessing or using this social media account (the “User”) accepts, without limitation, the following terms of use (“Terms”). The City maintains the right to modify these Terms without notice. Any change is effective upon posting to this account.

b. A User is also subject to any terms of use of the social media platform provider (“Provider”). The City Council has no control over a Provider’s terms of use, content, commercial advertisements or other postings produced by the Provider that may appear on this account page as part of the Provider’s environment.

c. Comment Policy Posted content (comments, photos, links, or other material, referred to hereafter as “Comments”) must relate to discussion of City programs, services, projects, issues, events, or activities. Comments posted on this account will not be edited by the City Council. Comments that do not relate to the City Council business may be hidden or removed, including specifically, Comments that:

• Promote, foster, or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity;
• Include slanderous, or defamatory attacks; threatening, harassing, or profane language; obscene or sexual content or links to obscene or sexual content;
• Solicit commerce or advertisements including promotions or endorsements;
• Promote or conduct illegal activity;
• Are spam that include links to external online sites;
• Violate a legal ownership interest of any person, including improper use of a trademark or copyrighted material; or
• May compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems.

d. Comments are the opinion of the User and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the City, its officers, employees, or agents.

e. Comments may be a public record subject to public disclosure under the Utah Government Records and Access Management Act (“GRAMA”).

f. Comments made on this page do not constitute a legal or official notice or comment to Salt Lake City and will not be regarded as a request for service.

g. Comments requesting for copies of a public record will not be considered. A public record request can be made here: GRAMA request

h. This account may contain links to websites not owned or controlled by the City Council. The City Council is not responsible for content that appears on these websites and provides links as a convenience only.

i. The City Council reserves the right to hide, remove, mute, or delete information posted by a User who violates these Terms, or report the User to the Provider for a violation of the Provider’s terms of use. Repeated or egregious violations of these Terms may result in denial of access to this Account. Such actions will be taken pursuant to the Social Media Management Policy.

j. Copyright Policy Information and materials produced by the City Council and posted on this page are City property. The City Council retains the copyright to all text, graphic images, and other content produced by the City Council. A User may, without obligation to the City, view, copy, link to, or distribute information found here if for non-commercial use, unless otherwise stated. However, the City Council makes no warranty that information on this web page is free of copyright claims or other restrictions on free use. Commercial use is prohibited.

l. Disclaimers The City Council does not guarantee that Comments are monitored regularly, and therefore, Users should not use this account to contact or provide notice to the City about dangerous conditions on public property. If a dangerous condition exists, please contact the police department, fire department, public utilities, or other relevant City department. The City Council does not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of any information posted on this account. The City Council may suspend or discontinue this social media account at any time.

The information posted is provided on an “as is” basis and the User assumes the risk of use or reliance on such information. The City Council, its officers, employees, or agents are not liable for any injury or damages resulting from viewing, distributing, or copying materials on this account, including without limitation, liability for indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages.