The City of Charleston Public Meeting Portal provides residents with the opportunity to submit comments on agenda items that will be reviewed, discussed, and potentially approved or denied at an upcoming public meeting. This portal should not be used as an alternative to attending in person, not as a method to submit multiple comments.
Submitting a comment or signing up to speak is simple and does not require you to register - you can participate right now! Watch this brief video tutorial to learn the basics on using the public meeting portal.
Submitting a comment is easy. Simply use the dropdown to select the upcoming meeting you're interested in. If the deadlines have not expired, fill out the form (the form can vary based on the committee or commission) and click on the "SUBMIT" button.
Once you have submmitted your comment, you can verify that your comment was received by going to View Comments & Participants page and selecting View Comments.
Not all committees or commissions allow users to sign up to speak in advance of the meeting. If signing up to speak has been enabled by the staff that administers the committee or commission, use the dropdown to select the upcoming meeting you're interested in. If the deadlines have not expired, select the "Sign up to Speak" option, fill out the form (the form can vary based on the committee or commission) and click on the "SUBMIT" button.
Once you have signed up, you can verify that your on the participant list by going to View Comments & Participants page and selecting View Citizen Participation List.
Any user that violate any of these portal use rules runs the risk of being temporarily or permanently banned from submitting online comments.
The city staff that support the committee or commission are responsible for adding the meeting instance to the meeting portal. Typically, meetings are listed on the portal as soon as the agenda has been set for an upcoming meeting. If there's an upcoming meeting missing from the list, please reach out to the department that provides administrative support to that committee or commission.
Deadlines are different for each meeting and are determined by staff that support the committee or commission. Deadlines are established so that staff can download and organize all the comments received to ensure that committee, commission or council members receive all comments and that comments can efficiently be included in the meeting's official record.
Once you have submmitted your comment, you can verify that your comment was received by going to View Comments & Participants page and selecting View Comments.
Once you have signed up, you can verify that your on the participant list by going to View Comments & Participants page and selecting View Citizen Participation List.
Tell us how we're doing . Whether you're first timer or a regular, we'd like to hear how we're doing. Complete a brief survey to rate our public meeting portal, provide feedback on how we can improve, and tell us a little bit about you so we can better understand representation to reduce inequities and disparities in our services.