Coldwater Michigan City Offices issued the following announcement June 26.
Electronic Meeting of the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities
Telephone Conferencing Meeting Notice
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.
In accordance with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendations designed to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Executive Order 2020-129, which declared that public bodies subject to the Open Meetings Act may use telephone or video conferencing technology to meet and conduct business, the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities will hold a Regular Meeting via telephone conferencing at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, for purpose of conducting such business that comes before the Board. For current and up-to-date information regarding the coronavirus, visit:
http://www.Michigan.gov/Coronavirus or http://www.CDC.gov/Coronavirus.
Members of the public wishing to participate in the meeting through electronic means will have access to the meeting through the following methods:
ELECTRONIC COLDWATER BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES MEETING ACCESS
For individuals who may wish to give public comment, the method for providing public comment during this remote-participation meeting is to call the following toll-free numbers:
1-888-475-4499 or 1-877-853-5257 (Meeting ID: 883 4249 0671), a Participant ID is not required.
Callers wishing to give public comment may call in before the meeting starts and wait in a “virtual waiting room.” These instructions will be included in every official published agenda of the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities. Those calling in will be able to hear the audio of the CBPU Board meeting, but their microphone will be muted. Callers who do not wish to give public comment are encouraged to view the meeting live-streamed on YouTube at, bit.ly/ColdwaterVideo and also on Skitter Channel 61.
ELECTRONIC COLDWATER BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES MEETING PARTICIPATION
The following are the procedures by which persons may contact members of the public body to provide input or ask questions about any business that will come before it.
To help meeting flow and organization, all public comment will be taken at the beginning of the meeting and again at the end of the meeting.
Phone-in audience: To make a public comment during a public comment period, enter *9 on your telephone, and state your name and express your interest when called upon to do so.
The time limit for an individual’s public comments shall remain five minutes.
If you would like to contact the CBPU Board of Directors about any matter, on the agenda or otherwise, please do so via the email addresses below by 3:30 pm prior to the meeting and if you wish your email to be read at the meeting, please so specify in your email:
CBPU President Christopher Stevens: cstevens@coldwater.org
CBPU Vice President Scott Ohm: sohm@coldwater.org
CBPU Member Travis Machan: tmachan@coldwater.org
CBPU Member John Wellet: jwellet@coldwater.org
CBPU Member Terry Whelan: twhelan@coldwater.org
CBPU Utility Director Jeff Budd: jbudd@coldwater.org
The City of Coldwater will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids such as YouTube viewing of the meeting complete with Closed Captioning. If other aids and services are needed for individuals with disabilities, please contact the CBPU Board Secretary at nluce@coldwater.org. Technical support for this meeting is available by calling the CBPU Help Desk at 517-279-1330.
Original source can be found here.
Source: Coldwater Michigan City Offices
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