(a) Generally. The Chair of the County Council is the presiding officer of the County Council.
(b) Alternates. In the absence of the Chair of the County Council, the Vice Chair shall preside. In the absence of both the Chair and the Vice Chair, the Administrative Officer shall call the County Council to order and shall receive nominations and conduct an election for Chair Pro Tempore, who shall act as the presiding officer.
(c) Duties. The presiding officer may speak on points of order in preference to other members. The presiding officer shall decide each point of order, and the decision shall be final unless on an appeal it is reversed on a yea and nay vote by a majority of the members present. The presiding officer shall be called last whenever the roll of the County Council is called. The presiding officer shall vote on each question except on an appeal from a decision on a question of order by the presiding officer.
(Res. No. 2-94; Res. No. 8-03)