Meeting Protocol

Items on agenda may be shortened, continued to a future public meeting, or taken out of order. Participants will be allotted a limited amount of time to speak at public meetings (the exact amount of time will be determined at the meeting by the Mayor/Chair depending on the number of participants, as permitted by Town Code and State Law).

Remote Viewing

For those who want to view Town Council meeting without attending in person, a live stream of the meeting will be broadcast online at https://gilbertaz.gov/gilbertlive. Meetings are also recorded and available for view anytime on the Gilbert Live website.

Any member of the public who wishes to address the public body at Town Council and Planning Commission meetings can attend in person or choose one of the following options:

Email

By 5 p.m. the day before the Town Council and Planning Commission meeting, email comments to the email address listed on the meeting’s published agenda. 

All emails received by this deadline will be distributed to members of the public body for their review and consideration but will not be read aloud at the meeting. Emails sent after the deadline will be disregarded and not be included in the public record. In the email, please identify your name, city/town of residence, and either state that your comment pertains to the Communications from Citizens section of the public meeting or identify the particular Public Hearing item that your comments concern.

Online Comment Card

By 12 p.m. the day of the Town Council and Planning Commission meeting, submit an online public comment card and indicate whether you are for or against the public hearing item. Online comment cards not submitted by the deadline will not be read at the meeting.