(A) Only Council members, designated city staff, and those authorized by the presiding officer of the meeting, City Council or Chief Executive Officer are permitted to sit on the dais or to be within the rail in the front of the Council Chamber.
(B) While the Council is in session, the Council members and city staff shall preserve appropriate order and decorum. No person, by conversation or otherwise, shall delay or interrupt the proceedings or the peace of the Council, disturb any speaker, or refuse to obey the directives of the presiding officer of the meeting. All persons must refrain from boisterous, profane or abusive behavior which disrupts, disturbs or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of the Council meeting.
(C) Staff members are encouraged to present their reports as concisely as possible. Staff should assume Council Members have studied all agenda packet information and, therefore, require only brief summation by staff speakers. Because the official meeting record will contain the entire staff submittal and copies of reports are available to the public, verbatim reading of staff reports is not required and is strongly discouraged.
(Ord. 1347, passed 12-15-10; Am. Ord. 1358, passed 6-19-13)