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submitted in accordance with these procedures shall be honored by the Chair. Each person participating under this subsection shall be provided a maximum of five (5) minutes for the p~rpose of presenting his views, and shall not be permitted to relinquish his time to any other person. Any person desiring additional time shall request same on the registration form submitted to the City Clerk or his designee indicating therein the amount of time desired and the reason~additional time is needed.- Prior to the speaker addressing Council, the City Clerk shall present the request for an extension of time to the Council which may be granted if approved by a majority of the members of Council present. When two (2) or more speakers desire to address the same subject, they shall be permitted to speak in the order in which the request was submitted , provided that all speakers that support an agenda item shall be heard first, and all who oppose such matter shall be heard thereafter. The presiding officer may impose a specific time limit for citizen participation on any agenda item in which case the time will be allocated pro rata. (b) Requests by members of the general public to address Council on items listed under the consent agenda shall be sub- mitred to the City Clerk or his designee prior to the calling of the meeting to order in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) hereof. Upon receipt of such request, such item will be removed from the consent agenda. Any person who wishes to address Council on any item listed under the consent agenda shall conform to the requirements of subsection (a) hereof. (c) Any person who wishes to address Council on a subject not contained on the meeting's agenda shall submit his request to speak to the City Clerk or his designee prior to the calling of the meeting to order. Such requests shall be on registration forms prescribed by the City Clerk and shall include the name of the speaker, his address, telephone number, the name of the group or organization, if any, on whose behalf he is speaking, and the subject matter or topic on which the citizen will speak. All requests submitted in accordance with this subsection shall be honored by the Chair. Each person participating under this subsection shall be provided a maximum of five (5) minutes for the purpose of presenting his matters, and shall not be permitted to'r~linquish his time'to any other person. Any person desiring additional time shall request same on the registration form submitted to the City Clerk or his designee indicating therein the amount of time desired and the reason additional time is needed. Prior to the speaker addressing Council, the City Clerk shall present the request for an extension of time to the Council which may be granted if approved by a majority of the me~ers of Council present. Persons participating under this item of business shall address Council in the order in which which the request was submitted. The presiding officer may impose a specific time limit for citizen participation under this sub-section in which case the time will be allocated pro rata.