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first grant permission to be heard by majority vote of the Commission members present. When the Commission considers an agenda item that is not a public hearing and on which the public comment is either unanimously in favor or unanimously against the item's passage, input from members of the public shall be limited to no more than five (5) minutes on any given item. Rule 6.03. REGISTRATION OF SPEAKERS. (a) Registration of speakers may be required by the presiding officer. If so, the Clerk shall prepare appropriate registration cards which should indicate the speaker's name, the agenda item on which he or she is speaking, and whether he or she is speaking in favor of or against the proposed item. (b) If registration is required on a particular agenda item, failure to comply with the registration provisions of this paragraph shall prohibit a person from speaking. (c) For anyone (1) agenda item, no more than one-half (1/2) hour per side shall be allocated to speakers from the public. The presiding officer shall limit the time of each individual speaker in order to insure compliance with this rule. Rule 6.04. ADDRESSING COMMISSION. MANNER. TIME Each person, other than salaried members of the City staff, who addresses the Commission shall step up to a podium and shall give the following information in an audible tone of voice for the minutes: (a) Name; (b) Address; (c) Whether the person speaks on his or her own behalf, a group of persons, or a third party; if the person represents an organization, the person shall also indicate the number of members in the organization, the annual dues paid by the members, the date of the most recent meeting of the organization's board or governing council, and whether the view expressed by the speaker represents an established policy of the organization approved by the board or governing council; (d) Compensation, if any; ( e) Whether the person or any immediate family member has a personal financial interest in the pending matter, other than as set forth in (d). Unless further time is granted by the Commission, the statement shall be limited to five (5) minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Commission as a body and not to any member thereof No person, other than Commissioners and the person having the floor, shall be permitted to enter into any discussion, either directly or through a member of the Commission, without the permission of the presiding officer. No question shall be asked a Commissioner except through the presiding officer. -9-