A. The chair shall call the meeting to order, stating the time, date and place of the meeting, and stating the county commissioners present and absent.
B. The chair shall read the next item to be addressed from the noticed agenda.
C. The chair, or another member of the board, may explain the agendized item and may present documents, or the chair may call on staff, other personnel or a member of the public to present the information.
D. The board may deliberate on the agendized item, and in doing so may ask questions of anyone present.
E. Upon concluding deliberations, the chair shall call for a motion on the agendized item.
F. Upon entertaining a motion, the chair shall note the motion made and shall call for a second to said motion. If the motion receives a second from the other board member, or the chair upon vacating the chair, the chair may ascertain if there are members of the public who wish to speak to the issue and the chair may recognize one member of the public at a time. In the event that any motion does not receive a second, the chair shall declare the motion "dead" and, absent another motion, the chair shall continue to the next agenda item.
G. After having been recognized by the chair, each member of the public shall state for the record their name and place of residence prior to making their statement. Questions or comments made by the recognized member of the public shall be directed to the chair. Statements shall be relevant to the issue being considered. The chair shall not entertain irrelevant statements, and shall not entertain statements that are inflammatory, personally attacking or derogatory toward any board member, staff member, elected official or member of the public. Members of the public may be permitted to speak for three (3) minutes and will not be afforded another opportunity until all members of the public have had an opportunity to speak. A three (3) minute rebuttal or offer of further testimony may then be permitted at the discretion of the chair.
H. After all persons recognized by the chair on the item being considered have had an opportunity to speak, the chair shall ask if there is any additional deliberation or questions from the board. The chair, having entertained such additional comment, if any, shall call for a vote at the conclusion of the deliberation. (Ord. 408, 5-31-2001)
I. Upon calling for and receiving the vote, the chair shall declare the motion either "passed", "failed" or "continued date and time certain". (Ord. 545, 4-14-2015)
J. Upon concluding the meeting, having addressed all agendized items, the chair shall adjourn the meeting. (Ord. 408, 5-31-2001)