Public Comment Sign Up for December 2, 2024 City Council Meeting

Instructions 

Use this form to sign up to provide Public Comments at the City Council Meeting on Monday, December 2, 2024 at 5:00 PM. The agenda for the meeting will be posted on the City Council website on Wednesday, November 27 at https://cabq.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx.

Everyone must sign up using this webform before 4:00 PM on Monday, December 2, 2024. Participants that sign-up will receive a confirmation email. Our staff will NOT be signing up speakers in the Council Chambers, all sign ups must be submitted using this webform. For members of the public without internet service, please call our office at 505-768-3100.

The Council will take general public comment on any topic and on the meeting's specific agenda items, from up to a maximum of 30 people, on a first-come first-serve basis. Per Council rules, persons signing up to speak before the Council can sign up for General Public Comments and two agenda items per meeting. Comments must be germane to the particular agenda item.

General Public Comments is near the beginning of the meeting. If you sign up to speak at the specific agenda item, you have to wait until that agenda item is heard.

If you'd like to submit written comments to Councilors, please use the Contact Your Councilor webform.

Members of the public have the ability to view the meeting through GOVTV on Comcast Channel 16, stream live on the GOVTV website at https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/govtv, on Zoom Webinar, and on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/_iTM9KWrrxA?feature=share. The GOVTV live stream can be accessed at these addresses from most smartphones, tablets, or computers.

Review City Council Public Comment Procedures

There are two options to provide public comments to the City Council:

1. In-Person, at City Hall
   • Fill out the webform below and select: In-Person, at City Hall
   • Attend the meeting in the Vincent E. Griego Chambers in the basement of the Albuquerque Government Center at One Civic Plaza NW 87102.
   • We will call your name for General Public Comment or when your agenda item is heard.
2. Virtually, on Zoom
   • Fill out the webform below and select: Virtually, on Zoom
   • Note: Participants must sign up for public comment with the Zoom username or phone number that you will use to enter the Zoom meeting so that you can be identified when accessing the meeting. Persons who do not provide this information will not be allowed into the meeting.
   • Participants will be an Attendee in the Zoom Webinar until the public comment period begins. The Zoom moderator will move you into the meeting room as Panelist when it’s your turn to provide public comments.
   • Access the Zoom Webinar by following this link, entering the room information manually, or by calling in via telephone:
     
     • https://cabq.zoom.us/j/88395388347
     • Webinar ID: 883 9538 8347
     • (669) 900-6833 // 883 9538 8347# 

• Once called upon for public comment, the participants will be able to unmute themselves and turn on their camera.
• Public comment will be limited up to 2 minutes, which starts when you begin speaking. You will be informed by the Council President when your time has concluded, at which point your microphone will be muted and your camera will be turned off.
• Participants will be moved back to Attendee of Webinar once your comment period has ended.

Public Comment ground rules:

• Each participant has up to 2 minutes to present.
• Comments are to be addressed to the Councilors only, through the Council President.
• Any disruptive conduct will result in removal from the City Council Chambers and Zoom Webinar.

Note: 

The Albuquerque City Council has increased security measures at its meetings. Metal detectors have been installed at the entrance to the Vincent E. Griego Chambers at the Albuquerque Government Center. These measures align with the same level of security provided to the public when they enter the Bernalillo County Building and the State Capitol.