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itegular City Council Meeting Monday, January 09, 2017 Page 23 Councilmember Etten opined that Mayor Roe, as manager of the meetings, served in an unusual role; and noted in order to lceep the meeting moving forward, indi- vidual council ineinbers needed to be open to his attempts to keep things moving. Councilmeinber Etten opined that repetition was not necessary, and only served to spend a lot of tiine with no new discussion or new information presented. In those circumstances, Councilmeinber Etten opined that the mayor needed to step in and say "enough" and be respected by his colleagues when doing so. Stricter adherence to times listed on the a eg nda Discussion ensued regarding the allotted times shown on the agenda for each top- ic, while recognizing the need for the city council to be self-disciplined or provide a check-in as to whether to continue discussion, table the item or move forward with a motion if applicable. Further discussion ensued regarding time periods (e.g. 15 minutes, 50 ininutes, etc.) versus an actual time; and challenges with and fi-�,istrations of people not showing up for the meeting time of 6:00 p.m. and instead using the projected times on the agenda as their gl.iide, and often frustrated with earlier or delayed consideration of their item of interest. After further consideration, without objection, with the public portion of the agenda moved to the front of the meeting (Attachment A), staff was directed to keep the tiines on the agenda, but also have a check-in for progress for items as applicable. Flexible Public Comment Time Councilmember McGehee opined that she liked the way public coinment is cur- rently done; allowing people a reasonable expectation that they can inake their point one or more times if they felt they weren't properly heard the first time. Councilmember McGehee noted the recent changes made for land use cases if and when needed. However, Councilmember McGehee stated she had no problem limiting those making repetitive points or suggesting one spokesperson for their group; and perhaps limiting those types of cliscussions to three versus five minutes in length. Councilmember Willinus stated he'd be willing to loolc at ein�loying soine op- tions on a trial basis. Councilmember Wilhnus stated his frustration in soine speakers appearing 2-3 times for the same issue, or public testimony reaching a point of counterpoint for both sides. With public comment also provided for non- agenda iteins at the front of the agenda, Councilmember Willmus stated his inter- est in maintaining a nexus between the fiinction of city business and not using public comment as a tool to further individual or group initiatives that may or may not be directly related to the city as a whole.