Regular Assembly Meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in Harrigan Centennial Hall. Agendas and supporting documentation are available at https://sitka.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx or by contacting the Municipal Clerk's Office at City Hall.

Public comment on agenda items and “Persons to be heard” is encouraged and welcomed. Guidelines for citizen participation at Assembly meetings, including public comment, can be found here. 

Citizens may provide comment by email, in-person, or by phone. 

Email testimony:

To comment by email to the Mayor and Assembly Members on an agenda item, use assembly@cityofsitka.org. 

In-person testimony:

There is no sign-up list for in-person testimony. Arrive at the Assembly Chambers at Harrigan Centennial Hall (330 Harbor Drive) before the item you wish to testify on is brought up. At the appropriate time for public participation on each agenda item, the Mayor will invite the public to speak on a first come basis. Please state your full name for the record. You will have 3 minutes to provide testimony. To learn more, read SGC 2.04.130 Public Participation.

Phone testimony:

The deadline to sign up to provide testimony by phone during an Assembly meeting is 5:00 p.m. the day before the meeting. To sign up, call the Municipal Clerk’s Office at 907-747-1826 or email clerk@cityofsitka.org. Be prepared to provide your name, phone number, and indicate which agenda item(s) you wish to provide comment on. For discussion / direction / decision items, citizens are encouraged to sign up for telephonic testimony to have the opportunity to comment if a formal motion is made. When the Assembly reaches your agenda item, the Municipal Clerk will phone you at the number provided. You will have 3 minutes to provide testimony. If you are not available, the Municipal Clerk will move to the next person on the call list. To learn more, read SGC 2.04.186 Telephonic Participation by the Public.

To make your telephonic testimony more effective, please consider the following:

•    Mute your radio, television, or the livestream if you are following along. There is a delay, and it may echo, thereby complicating your testimony.

•    Do not have your phone on speaker. Speaker phones introduce a myriad of extraneous noise into your testimony. 

•    Make sure there is limited ambient noise from your location and if on a cell phone make sure you are in a location with good cell service.

•    If you have a headset, please use it. Headsets will give a more consistent signal and reduce room noise. 

Regular and special Assembly meetings are livestreamed through the City's website and YouTube channel. In addition, regular meetings are aired live on KCAW FM 104.7. To receive Assembly agenda notifications, sign up with GovDelivery on the City website.

For more information, contact the Municipal Clerk's Office at 747-1826 or 747-1811.