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A twice-monthly, regular business meeting of the Kalamazoo City Commission, held in City Commission chambers on the second floor of City Hall at 241 W. South St. in downtown Kalamazoo, adjacent to the south side of Bronson Park. As required by the Michigan Open Meetings Act, there is a non-agenda, public comments opportunity early in the meeting, under item "E. PUBLIC COMMENTS" on the agenda. During this time, anyone is permitted to speak on any topic of their choice for up to 4 minutes. Profanity is permitted (by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution), but it is not recommended and the board chair (Mayor) may turn off your microphone. There are additional public comment opportunities for items on the agenda under "F. PUBLIC HEARINGS" and "H. REGULAR AGENDA". When those agenda items are opened up for public comment (3 minute limit), citizens must restrict their remarks to topics relevant to the agenda item under consideration. If you speak off topic, the Mayor has the option to gavel you out of order (Bobby Hopewell didn't hesitate to do this, but David Anderson is hesitant to do it and doesn't use the gavel at all).These meetings are telecast live on Public Media Network (PMN) cable television and streamed live on YouTube, Facebook, and PMN's website. Recordings of these meetings are also available for later viewing on YouTube, Facebook, and PMN's website. When you address the Commission, you are speaking not only to the City Commissioners, but also the city staff, local media, and members of the general public who are in attendance and watching live or recorded on YouTube, Facebook, and PMN. Agenda packets are typically published on the Thursday or Friday preceding each meeting. When available, they are posted at https://kalamazoomi.portal.civicclerk.com/?category_id=26
Business meetings are usually proceeded by a Committee of the Whole (CoW) meeting at 5 p.m. These meetings primarily consist of staff presentations and Commissioner questions and answers. The Commission may discuss business meeting action items, but they usually don't vote on things at CoW meetings. As required by the Michigan Open Meetings Act, there is also a public comment opportunity at the beginning of these meetings, but the time limit is reduced to 2 minutes per person. These meetings are subject to cancellation due to a lack of agenda items.
See the full annual schedule of regular City Commission business, CoW, budget retreat, and budget work session meetings at https://kalamazoomi.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1272/files/attachment/13409 - The annual schedule of regular meetings for 2027 will likely be approved at the business meetings on December 7 or 21, 2026.
The Commission has an option of calling a special meeting at any time, with as little as 18 hours public notice. When those meetings are called, notice can be found on the city's social media profiles, the City Clerk's notice board outside of City hall, and on-line at https://www.kalamazoocity.org/Government/Boards-Commissions/Special-Meeting-Notices
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