'Quit your job': Des Moines mayor calls disruption of council meeting 'disappointing'; activist says council is trying to silence the public Melody Mercado, Des Moines Register Video: Protests disrupt Des Moines City Council's first in-person meeting in months Replay Video UP NEXT The first in-person Des Moines City Council meeting in more than 15 months was cut short Monday evening after crouching council members voted on dozens of agenda items amid the din of crowd chants and dropped a planned public comment period. The meeting was the first conducted under new security measures that included screening entrants with metal detectors, limiting capacity in the council chambers to 25 people and keeping other attendees in an overflow room. City Council meetings have become increasingly confrontational in the past year, especially regarding funding and conduct of the city's police department.