Fire Council Meetings via Videoconference - Remote Access Guidelines

In light of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and the current Shelter In Place order, Fire Council meetings, and other Town Council, Board and Commission meetings, will take place via videoconference only.  All members  will be participating remotely and residents are urged to follow the Marin County Public Health Officer’s shelter in place order and participate in the meeting remotely as well. As allowed under Executive Order N-29-20 (March 17, 2020), the Fire Authority will no longer offer an in-person meeting location for the public to attend.

HOW TO ATTEND MEETINGS: Meetings will be videoconferenced using Zoom Webinar. Read the guidelines for viewing and participating in videoconferenced Town Meetings through Zoom Webinar here. Download Zoom Webinar here (You may need to restart your device after downloading).

Upcoming Meeting:  Fire Council Special Meeting - Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 6:00pm.

Join the upcoming meeting by clicking  on the Zoom videoconference: https://tinyurl.com/y5lo7u9g.. (No Pre-Registration Needed- Click on Link at Meeting Start Time). You may call in using: 1 (408) 638-0968 (Zoom webinar ID: 990 3431 0040), or iPhone one-tap: +14086380968,,99034310040#. If calling in, you will need to press *9 to add yourself to the speaker queue should you wish to provide public comment during the meeting. 

Staff will be monitoring the meeting and facilitating requests from virtual attendees who wish to provide verbal public comment. All attendees are encouraged to submit any written public comments for the Council before or during the meeting to: PublicComment@tcmmail.org.  

OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT:

We strongly recommend submitting your public comment early by:

• Sending comments prior to the meeting to: PublicComment@tcmmail.org.  All public comment received prior to 4:00 P.M. the day of the meeting will be distributed to the entire Fire Council and made available to the public in the online agenda packet.
• Sending comments during the meeting to: PublicComment@tcmmail.org. The Chair will accept comment via email during the meeting, from 6:00pm until the adjournment of the meeting. All public comment received via email will be read aloud by staff at the appropriate time on the agenda for each agenda item, forwarded to the Council, posted to the website, and placed in the Authority’s permanent records. 
• For those participating in the meeting through the Zoom webinar link, you are able to make public comment by selecting the "Raise Hand" icon in your meeting control panel. Your raised hand will alert staff that you would like to make a public comment on that item. When the Chair calls for public comment, staff will unmute your line and call your name, at which point you may make your comments. 

For all public comment submitted, please be sure to indicate the item number to which your comment is related, or whether it is for the general public comment period at the beginning of the meeting, Open Time for Public Comment. Your comment will be read verbatim, however words including profanity, obscenity, and discriminatory language will not be read into the record in order to avoid disruption of the meeting. Your comment is subject to the same 3-minute limit as in-person spoken comments.