How to Participate in a City Council Meeting

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Council Meetings

Effective with the October 9, 2023 City Council meeting, City Council meetings will no longer be in a hybrid format. Members of the public wishing to speak at the meeting will have to do so in person until further notice.

Public Comment Instructions

Prior to the Meeting

Provide public written comments prior to the meeting by email, to cityclerk@LivermoreCA.gov.
If you are submitting public comment via email, please do so by 12:00 p.m. the day of the meeting. All comments received will be provided to City Council and the public in a supplemental packet the afternoon of the meeting.
Provide an eComment. eComments may be submitted by the public using the eComment link here. Comments may be up to 1000 characters in length and will be accepted up until 4:00 pm the day of the
meeting. These items will NOT be read into the record and are viewable by the City Council
and the public upon submittal.

At the Meeting

City Council meetings are held in the Civic Center Meeting Hall, City Council Chambers located at 1016 S. Livermore Avenue.
To provide public comment, all speakers need to submit a speaker card for each item.
- Speaker cards are available in the Civic Center Meeting Hall lobby.
- Indicate on the card the item number you wish to comment on.
- Submit the card directly to the City Clerk prior to the the start of the item.
  - Speakers may not submit a card for other speakers.
  - Speakers are called in the order cards are received.
- When you are called to speak, please approach the podium.
- Speakers will have 3 minutes to speak. The Mayor may reduce the amount of time based on the number of persons wishing to speak.