(A) The presiding officer of the Town Council shall be the President, and in his absence, the Vice-President. The President, or in his absence, the Vice-President, shall preserve strict order and decorum at all regular and special meetings of the Town Council. The President, or in his absence, the Vice-President, shall state every question coming before the Town Council, announce the decision of the Town Council on all subjects, and decide all questions of order, subject, however, to an appeal to the Town Council, in which event, a majority vote of the Town Council shall govern and conclusively determine such question of order. The President, or in his absence, the Vice-President, shall vote on all questions, his name being called last. The President, or in his absence, the Vice-President, shall sign all ordinances and resolutions then adopted by the Town Council during his presence.
(B) The President of the Town Council shall take the chair precisely at the hour appointed for the meeting, and shall immediately call the Town Council to order. In the absence of the President of the Town Council, the Vice-President shall call the Town Council to order. Upon the arrival of the President, the Vice-President shall immediately relinquish the chair upon the conclusion of the business immediately before the Town Council. In the absence of both the President and Vice-President of the Town Council, the Clerk-Treasurer, or some other member of the Town Council, shall call the Town Council to order, whereupon a temporary presiding officer shall be elected by the members of the Town Council present. Upon the arrival of the Vice-President of the Town Council while the President remains absent, the temporary presiding officer shall immediately relinquish the chair to the Vice- President upon the conclusion of the business immediately before the Town Council.
(Ord. 506, passed 3-25-90)