meeting change notice
The Metropolitan Council returns to in-person meetings beginning on Wednesday, October 14, 2020.
Members of the public who wish to observe the meeting or comment on public hearing items on the meeting agenda may do so by reporting to the River Center branch library, 4th floor meeting room (250 North Blvd.). The meeting begins at 4:00 p.m. Capacity of the meeting room is 100 people.
Masks or face coverings are mandatory, and distancing protocols will be enforced.
Members of the public who wish to submit comments electronically may access the online comment form here: www.brla.gov/councilcomment.
The Metropolitan Council E-Commenting Policy:
Metropolitan Council
City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge
E-Commenting Policy for Public Hearing Items
Pursuant to Ordinance 17952
The agenda for each Metropolitan Council meeting will be published by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding the meeting at www.brla.gov/AgendaCenter (under the Metropolitan Council tab).
Public comments must be submitted electronically on the E-Public Comment form, available here: www.brla.gov/councilcomment
Public comments will be accepted from the time the agenda is posted to on the brla.gov website until 30 minutes before each meeting begins. Public comments received after this time will not be read aloud during the meeting.
Each public comment submission must contain all of the following:
(i) the commenter’s first and last name
(ii) the commenter’s address
(iii) the agenda item number to which the comment pertains
Any comment missing this information will not be read aloud.
No member of the public may submit more than one written comment per agenda item. In the event of multiple submittals, the first comment submitted will be the one read aloud.
During the public comment period for each agenda item during a Metropolitan Council meeting, the Council Administrator or Assistant Council Administrator will read into the record all comments pertaining to that item that have been submitted in accordance with these rules.
The Council Administrator or Assistant Council Administrator will discontinue reading a written public comment once it exceeds three minutes.
