Below are frequently asked questions regarding council meetings.
Meeting Details
PLEASE NOTE: City Council Meetings are currently held via Webex based on the Council Chair’s determination that conducting meetings at a physical location may present a substantial health and safety risk, and pursuant to SLC Emergency Proclamation. Learn more about participating in virtual Council meetings.
The City Council typically meets three Tuesdays a month. All meetings are open to the public and are held at the City & Council Building, 451 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Council Work Sessions, during which the Council discusses City business, are held in Room 326 and generally begin at 2 p.m. unless noted.
Formal meetings, during which the Council takes action and listens to comments from the public, are held in Room 315. Not all Formal Meetings include a public comment period. Please check the meeting agenda to confirm a public comment period is scheduled.
Meetings in addition to those listed on the annual meeting schedule may be held or canceled as circumstances may require, subject to applicable public notice requirements.
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How to Speak to the Council at a Meeting
To speak during either, you’ll be asked to fill out a comment card. Your name will be called when it’s your turn to speak and you’ll have two minutes to share your thoughts.
Public Meeting Rules
efficient, effective, and dignified fashion, free from distraction, intimidation, and threats to safety.
In order to support a respectful meeting, items that disrupt the meeting, intimidate other participants or that may cause safety concerns are not allowed. For example:
- Council staff or security officers may ask you to open any large bags, purses or backpacks for inspection, and may also request changes to placement of recording equipment or other props to help facilitate the meeting.
- Jeering, cheering, clapping and waving signs may intimidate other speakers and cause a disruption, so please refrain from such activities.
- Please be respectful to the historic elements in the room such as: keep feet off furniture; avoid leaning or touching paintings and other décor; and no food or drinks are allowed in the Council Chamber (Room 315).
- Generally, props and equipment are not allowed. If you have a prop or piece of equipment integral to a presentation, please clear its use with a staff member or security officer before entering the meeting room.
- Signs are permitted; however, so that they do not cause disruption or block the view of others, please follow these guidelines: signs should be able to be kept at your feet or on your lap; sticks or dowels are not allowed; signs can be kept near the podium on the floor during your turn to speak.
- If you have questions about proper placement of recording equipment or recording in general, please coordinate this with a security officer or staff member before the beginning of the meeting who will make requests to help ensure that it does not disrupt the meeting or make other attendees feel uncomfortable
- If you have written remarks, a document, or other items you may want the City Council to review, do not approach the dais. Instead, please give them to Council staff and they will distribute them for you.
- Failure to follow these decorum rules may result in removal from the meeting.