The Board of Commissioners (the “Board”) of the Dyersburg Suburban Utility District conducts all meetings in compliance with the Tennessee open meetings law. Tennessee law requires that meetings be open for public observation, and that the Board reserve a period of time at each meeting for public comment related to matters that are germane to the agenda items to be considered at such meeting.  

It is the policy of the Board to allow members of the public to speak once on any agenda item for up to two (2) minutes.  If a member of the public wishes to speak to the Board, he or she must sign up to speak at the below link, whether with regard to a specific agenda item or as part of the general public forum described below.  Only persons who have registered to speak prior to the convening of the meeting will be allowed to speak.

All speakers, members of the audience, and Commissioners shall remember that the meeting is a Board meeting. All persons are to show proper respect to each other and shall maintain the proper decorum in the meeting at all times. Persons who fail to observe the rules as to proper decorum shall not be permitted to speak and may be removed from the meeting.

Time allocated for public forum provides an opportunity for community members to share their ideas, insights, and concerns with the Commissioners; it is not, however, intended to be a time for discussion between the Commissioners and the speaker or a time for obtaining either answers to questions raised or responses to requests made for information or action. As appropriate, response to questions raised and/or requests made by the speaker may be made at a later time after Commissioners and/or staff have had sufficient opportunity to consider and deliberate on them.

All members of the public must submit written information prior to a board meeting by either mail, email, or our Contact Us page linked below.