City Council Meeting

On March 20, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. the City Council will hold its regularly scheduled meeting in person at Florence City Hall with the option to view virtually. The Florence City Council agenda and meeting link is published on the Thursday afternoon the week preceding the meeting.

Watching / Listening to the Meeting Live:

Interested citizens may attend in person or listen and view the meeting through the 'GoToWebinar' platform. To access the meeting via GoToWebinar please visit: 

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/528129949456927831

To learn more about how to participate in a GoToWebinar meeting, visit the tutorial link at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ3Xwwgbd8Y&t=2s for a video, or at https://support.goto.com/webinar/how-to-join-attendees for a written guide.

Meetings are also shown live on Cable Channel 191 and online at http://video.ibm.com/channel/Hjzx9zagzZc. 

Those without internet or Charter Cable may listen to the meeting live via phone conference line. For more information on how to do so, contact the City Recorder via email lindsey.white@ci.florence.or.us or phone at 541-997-3437.

Providing Comments / Testimony:

Those wishing to express their views to the City Council may do so in the following ways:

1. Written Testimony: Citizens are encouraged to submit written comments since it allows the public body an opportunity to review and consider the remarks in advance of the public meeting. Written testimony may be submitted by:

Email to City Recorder HERE; 
Mail to Florence City Hall; Attn: City Council, 250 Hwy 101, Florence, OR 97439
Drop off at City of Florence City Hall during regular office hours (8am - 12pm, 1pm - 4pm Monday through Friday) or at the City of Florence drop box located to the right of the main entrance. ** NOTE: Written comments received at least 2 hours prior to the start of the meeting (March 20, 2023 at 3:30 p.m.), that concern a public hearing or action item on the agenda, or are designated as public comments to be provided for the meeting, will be distributed to the City Council, posted to the City of Florence website, and made part of the record.

2. Verbal Comments / Testimony: In order to provide verbal comments / testimony, citizens are required to complete a speaker's card at least 1 hour prior to the start of the meeting (March 20 , 2023 at 4:30 p.m.). Speaker's cards are available online at https://www.ci.florence.or.us/council/request-address-city-council-speakers-card or by contacting City Recorder Lindsey White via email HERE, or via phone at 541-997-3437. Once a speaker's card is received, City Staff will contact the speaker to let them know the process to participate in the meeting. In order to be contacted, parties must complete the contact information in the speaker's card form. 

***Please note: Non-Public Hearing Land Use Items: When deliberating on a land use item when the initial public hearing has already been closed, there is no new evidence or testimony accepted. Please see Page 19 in the City Council Rules of Procedure for additional information.

Citizens may provide verbal comments / testimony in the following ways:

In Person or Virtually via GoToWebinar

To provide comments in this manner, please contact City Recorder Lindsey White via email HERE, or via phone at 541-997-3437

The GoToWebinar platform allows parties to participate in the meeting online via video conference, or offline via phone. For more information about the GoToWebinar platform, including how to register, join, and participate in the meeting, visit the links above. 

More Information / Questions:

For more information about the City of Florence's Public Meeting Policies, visit the City of Florence website at https://www.ci.florence.or.us/council/rules-procedure. For details regarding the upcoming City Council meeting, please contact City Recorder Lindsey White at 541-997-3437 or via email HERE. 

Agenda / Meeting Materials Publication Timeline & Council Email Subscription

The Florence City Council agenda is published on the Thursday afternoon the week preceding the meeting. To be notified when the agenda and meeting materials are available please subscribe to the City Council meeting email distribution list at www.ci.florence.or.us/newsletter/subscriptions.