Manner of addressing council; time limit. Each person recognized by the presiding officer and granted leave to address the council shall: step up to the microphone and state his or her name and address for the record. On specific agenda matters, speakers shall confine their remarks to the subject of the agenda matter then under discussion by the council. Unless further time is granted by majority vote of the council, members of the public shall limit their address to three (3) minutes during the public comment section of the meeting. All remarks shall be addressed to the council as a body and not to any individual member thereof, nor to members of the audience. No person, other than the council and the person having the floor, shall be permitted to enter into any discussion, either directly or through a member of the council, without the permission of the presiding officer. No question shall be asked a councilmember except through the presiding officer. The presiding officer may limit immaterial, unnecessary, or redundant comments, presentations, or requests. Once a motion is made by a councilmember, no person from the audience shall address the council.
Indian River Guardian 
Turn off the TV cameras and the fruit-cakes will likely go away.
Bob Swift
Right, Bob. That, or move public comment to later in the meeting, after the public’s business has been conducted, and after the majority of the television audience has switched over to American Idol. The last time that solution was proposed, the court jesters screamed like stuck pigs. For the life of me, I do not understand why the Council allows this waste of the public’s time and money to continue. At some level, the Council must enjoy the comic relife these clown bring to the meetings.