Several members of the public addressed the council to request that city-owned property be designated 'ICE-free zones' and to urge non-collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security.

Speakers who identified themselves and their addresses—among them Britney Carey and Adam Petasquale—asked the council to pass ordinances prohibiting ICE from using city property and to codify noncollaboration between city offices and federal immigration authorities. The council president repeatedly ruled several comments as "not germane" to the agenda items under the chamber rules and cautioned speakers about the requirement that comment cards be tied to agenda items.

After a series of procedural interruptions and repeated "not germane" rulings, the council moved to suspend public comment on that item. The suspension motion passed with a recorded voice vote read in the transcript as '7 yeas, no nays,' and the council proceeded with the consent agenda and regular business.

The suspension prevented further public testimony on that specific item during the session; the transcript records the suspension vote and the subsequent processing of the consent agenda.