State of Michigan Executive Order No, 2020-15, which was ratified on March 18, 2020, states:

"To mitigate the spread of COVID-19, protect the public health, and provide essential protections to vulnerable Michiganders, it is crucial that all Michiganders take steps to limit in-person contact. These critical mitigation measures include social distancing and limiting the number of people interacting at public gatherings.

To that end, it is reasonable and necessary to temporarily suspend rules and procedures relating to physical presence at meetings and hearings of public bodies and other governmental entities in Michigan. These public bodies and entities must continue to conduct public business during this emergency, including actions to respond to COVID-19, and the general public must be able to continue to participate in government decision making without unduly compromising public health, safety, and welfare."

Section 1(b) of the order indicates:

"A meeting of a public body held electronically must be conducted in a manner that permits two-way communication so that members of the public body can hear and be heard by other members of the public body and so that general public participants can hear members of the public body and can be heard by members of the public body and other participants during a public comment period. The public body also may use technology to facilitate typed public comments that may be read to or shared with members of the public body and other participants."

Guided by this order, we have created this form to facilitate a process for typed public comments during the Thursday, April 2, 2020, Finance & Operations Subcommittee Meeting, which will be held via web-based video conference at 5 p.m. Join the meeting using this link: https://zoom.us/j/623031877.

Comments must be completed and submitted using this form by the beginning of the meeting, and they will be read during the Citizens Comments portion of the meeting agenda by the P-CCS Executive Director of Communications and Marketing.

As per usual practice, the text of these comments will be part of public record as part of the meeting minutes.

If you have any questions about the form or the process described above, please contact Nick Brandon, P-CCS Executive Director of Communications & Marketing, at Nicholas.Brandon@pccsk12.com.

For the meeting announcement and agenda, please visit https://www.pccsk12.com/departments/board-of-education/subcommittees/finance-operations, or simply follow the 'Board of Education' button on the homepage at pccsk12.com.