Public Comment and Order of Business

At a glance

• What: the Council's order of business for public comment: an ordinance on the Personal Appearances item, and a citizen request for a second public comment period on regular agendas.
• Where it stands: the ordinance had a first reading 2026-09-08 and second reading 2026-09-21; on 2026-10-05 Council considered the citizen request for a second Personal Appearances item. Outcomes not read.
• Next: check minutes; Alderman Podrygula's recommendations (resolution 1-13) were also on the 2026-10-05 agenda.

Details

• The City's public comment procedure is Resolution 3862 (2025-07-07) per the City Council page.
• Built from agendas only; the posted minutes and agenda packets were not read, so outcomes are not recorded.

Sources

• Agenda for 2026-09-08: https://minotnd.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7552,plainText=false)
• Agenda for 2026-09-21: https://minotnd.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7561,plainText=false)
• Agenda for 2026-10-05: https://minotnd.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7605,plainText=false)

Log

2026-09-08 - City Council

• Consent: 2027-2028 paratransit services contract with Souris Basin Transportation; addition of voluntary separation incentive language to the 2026 pay plan; a position regrade recommended by the Civil Service Commission on August 14; first reading of the personal appearances order of business ordinance.

2026-09-21 - City Council

• Second readings of the Aasen Addition zoning map amendment (Ordinance 6244), the fall Land Development Ordinance text amendments on accessory buildings, and the personal appearances order of business ordinance.

2026-10-05 - City Council

• Action: a citizen request for a second Personal Appearances item on regular agendas; if Council wanted two public comment periods it would direct staff to prepare an ordinance. Alderman Podrygula's recommendations (support for his resolution 1-13) were also on the agenda.