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EXHIBIT A Section XVII(a) of the Portsmouth City Council Rules of Order and Procedure is amended as shown in bold font below. Subsection XVII(b) is not hereby amended. Section XVII. REQUESTS BY CITIZENS TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. a) Speakers. All requests from members of the general public to address City Council on a subject on the business agenda or on a non - agenda item shall be submitted to the City Clerk prior to the calling of the meeting to order. Provided, however, prior requests shall not be required as a condition to speak during any public hearing. If City Council considers an official vote on a resolution or an ordinance during Section I(2) ( "New Items by Council Members "), then it shall be treated as a public hearing, and any citizen shall be entitled to speak for up to five minutes prior to the vote, without having to make a prior request to speak. Requests to speak shall be on registration forms prescribed by the City Clerk and shall include the name of the speaker, his or her address, telephone number, the name of the group or organization, if any, on whose behalf he or she is speaking, the number of the agenda item to which the citizen will speak and whether the speaker supports or opposes the agenda item. For non - agenda items, the request shall also identify the subject matter or topic on which the person will speak. A person may sign up to speak either on one or more business agenda items or as a non - agenda speaker, but not both. The Clerk shall advise citizens of this restriction and enforce it, as needed. Each speaker shall have a maximum speaking time of five minutes for each occasion on which he or she speaks. A person may not relinquish or transfer his speaking time to another person. When two or more speakers desire to address the same subject, they shall be permitted to speak in the order in which the requests were submitted on the date of the meeting.