DECORUM POLICY: The City of Deltona has a significant interest in conducting orderly and efficient
public meetings, which includes preventing disruption, promoting civility, and preserving decorum. To
that end, behavior which disrupts or impedes the efficient and orderly conduct of any public meeting,
as determined by the Mayor, or presiding officer, or a majority of the City Commission, is not
permitted. The Mayor, or presiding officer, or a majority of the City Commission, may interrupt, warn,
or terminate a speaker’s statement when that statement is too lengthy, personally directed, abusive,
obscene, irrelevant, or otherwise reasonably perceived to be a disruption to the fair and orderly
progress of the discussion at hand. The Mayor, or presiding officer, or a majority of the City
Commission, may also interrupt any part of the meeting to warn any individual that they are being
disruptive or otherwise impeding the efficient and orderly conduct of the meeting. The Mayor, or
presiding officer, or a majority of the City Commission, may require any individual to leave a public
meeting for its duration if that individual is unable to observe this Policy after being warned. Should an
individual be required to leave a meeting for violating this Policy, that person shall be escorted from
Commission Chambers by a Volusia Sheriff’s Deputy.
PUBLIC FORUM: Public Forum will begin at 6:00 PM at the start of each regular meeting and will
conclude after 30 minutes. Prior to addressing the City Commission on any topic during a meeting,
members of the public shall fill out and submit a “Request To Speak” form provided by the City Clerk.
A form must be filled out for each item that the speaker wants to speak about. Members of the public
shall speak only when recognized by the presiding officer and once at the podium, shall identify
themselves by name, city of residence, and/or organizational affiliation of people addressing the City
Commission. Public comments shall only be directed to the Chair of the meeting, and not toward any
specific Commissioners, staff members, or another member of the public. Members of the public shall
be limited to speaking only during “Public Forum” for issues not on the meeting agenda which is
limited to three (3) minutes for each speaker. Public comments for items on the agenda may be
commented on only after there is a motion and second by the City Commission and is limited to three
(3) minutes for each speaker. Please be courteous and respectful of the views of others. Members of
the City Commission shall not enter into discussion or respond to a citizen’s comments other than to
give directions or to ask for clarification. However, individual Commissioners may choose to respond
under the "City Commissioner Comments" portion of the meeting.
CONSENT AGENDA: The Consent Agenda contains items that have been determined to be routine
and non-controversial. If discussion is desired by any member of the City Commission, that item must
be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately. All other matters included under
the Consent Agenda will be approved by one motion. Citizens with concerns should address those
concerns by filling out a "Request To Speak" form provided by the City Clerk prior to Consent Agenda
items being pulled.
