Citizens may now participate virtually at any City meeting

January 3, 2023

How to Make Public Comment Virtually

Beginning in 2023 the City of Muskegon will provide new and additional ways for the public to virtually attend and comment during public meetings.

Public meetings are either:
1. Live streamed and/or placed on the City’s Channel 96 and available for the public to attend in person or
2. not live streamed and available for the public to attend in person

During all public meetings there is a time for public comment when individuals can comment up to three minutes.

To give comment on a live-streamed meeting, the city will provide a call-in telephone number to the public to be able to call and give comment.

For a public meeting that is not live-streamed, and which a citizen would like to watch and give comment, they must contact the City Clerk’s Office at least two-business day in advance. The citizen will receive a zoom link which will allow them to watch live and give comment. Contact information for the Clerk’s Office can be found below.

The following meetings are currently live streamed:

City Commission
City Commission Work Session
Planning Commission

Please note City Commission Meetings have two comment periods. There is a comment period at the beginning of the meeting for items on the agenda only and a second comment period at the end of the meeting for any other comments.

All other meetings have a three-minute comment period at the end of the meeting.

Comments are limited to three minutes.

The City of Muskegon will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities who want to attend the meeting with twenty-four (24) hours’ notice to the City of Muskegon. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the City of Muskegon by writing or by calling the following:

Ann Marie Meisch, MMC
City Clerk
933 Terrace Street
Muskegon, MI 49440
231-724-6705
[email protected]