A Practice Note for local government attorneys advising their governing boards whether board rules and practices on citizen speech and conduct at public meetings comply with the Free Speech and Petition Clauses of the First Amendment to the US Constitution. This Note discusses the legal standards for properly regulating citizen input, including current public forum standards. The Note also suggests reasonable practices and policies balancing citizen rights with considerations of order and efficiency, including creating content-neutral time, place, and manner regulations and avoiding improper speech, symbolic conduct, and viewpoint censorship.