The City Recorder assures the timely presentation of formal communications from the public, other agencies and City staff to the City Manager, and/or the City Council.

The Recorder prepares the Council meeting agendas in coordination with the City Manager. She officiates many of the city's public meetings and maintains official City records, which reflect the actions of the Governing Body.

The Recorder maintains a depository of contracts, agreements and official Council actions and insures the timely availability of these records to the Council, public, other agencies and staff.

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Public comments may be submitted by attending the meeting or by email, Zoom/telephone, by sending request to publiccomment@lincolncity.org by noon on the meeting day listing your name and subject in which you wish to speak. Please note that only emails sent to this address will be recognized for the record. Instructions will be sent to the person requesting before the meeting. Persons who will give public comment via Zoom/ telephone will need to leave the microphone muted until the public comment portion of the meeting. Public comments submitted by email will be entered into the official record, distributed to the governing body, and summarized; however, due to personal privacy issues, they are not generally published in the online agenda packet.

The noon deadline must be listed for the emails.

ADA:

The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired, for a hearing-impaired device, or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities, should be made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting to the City Records. Please contact Kevin Mattias, the Lincoln City Public Information Officer/ADA Coordinator at 541-996-1221 or kmattias@lincolncity.org for accommodations.

In Person:

There are two Public Comment times for City Council Meetings. At the beginning of the meeting and the end of the meeting. Everyone who wishes to provide a public comment in person must sign the sign-in sheet at the back of City Council Chambers. There is a maximum of five minutes per public comment.