The Comments tab gives you a focused view of every public comment submitted for the meeting, organized by agenda item. New comments appear in real time — no refresh needed.

Comments are displayed in an accordion, with one panel per agenda item. Expand a panel to see the comments submitted for that item. Each comment shows the commenter's name (if public), the comment text, a disposition icon (if disposition collection is enabled), and a timestamp.

Each panel has filter buttons to narrow the view by disposition:

Use these during a live hearing to focus on a particular perspective — for example, filter to "Opposed" to read concerns raised about an item, then switch to "In Favor" to see supporting comments.

When Collect disposition on comments is turned on in the meeting's Comment Settings, each comment shows a disposition icon (In Favor, Opposed, or Neutral) based on what the commenter selected when they submitted.

If disposition collection is turned off, comments have no icons and the filter buttons won't have any effect.

During a live meeting: Keep the Comments tab open alongside the Speakers tab to monitor public input in real time as comments come in.

After the meeting: Review submitted comments before exporting data from the Post Meeting tab.

Why don't I see any comments? Either no comments have been submitted yet, or "Enable Comments" is turned off in the meeting's Comment Settings. Check the Comment Settings to confirm the form is active.

Why are all my comments missing disposition icons? "Collect disposition on comments" is turned off in the meeting's Comment Settings. When this setting is off, the form doesn't ask commenters for their stance and no icons are displayed.

Comments for a specific agenda item are missing. Check that the comment Format in your Comment Settings is set to "By agenda item." If it's set to open-ended, all comments appear in a single uncategorized panel rather than grouped by item.