(A) Meetings of the Town Council shall be open to the public, except as provided by the provisions of applicable law regulating the same. Promptly at the hour set by law on the day of each regular meeting, the members of the Town Council, the Clerk-Treasurer, the Town Attorney, and the chairperson of the Council shall take their regular stations in the meeting room, and the business of the Town Council shall be taken up for consideration in the following order:
(1) Roll call;
(2) Pledge of allegiance;
(3) Public comment, on Agenda Items, in the amount of time deemed appropriate by the presiding officer;
(4) Public hearings on special town business, if any;
(5) Consent agenda; in the event that the Council determines that any items on the consent agenda are not to be included, such items shall be removed;
(6) Items are not considered in the consent agenda.
(B) Thereafter, the following business of the Town Council shall be taken up for consideration in the following order:
(1) Sewer utility:
(a) Introduction and consideration of resolutions and ordinances, public comment on ordinance or resolution in question only may be permitted;
(b) Old or unfinished business;
(c) New business;
(d) Written communications and information;
(e) Reports of committees or departments.
(2) Town:
(a) Introduction and consideration of resolutions and ordinances; public comment on ordinance or resolution in question only may be permitted;
(b) Old or unfinished business;
(c) New business;
(d) Reports of standing committees;
(e) Reports of special committees;
(f) Written communications and information;
(g) Adjournment.
(‘82 Code, § 2-302(6)) (Am. Ord. 313, passed 6-10-81; Am. Ord. 594, passed 11-2-93; Am. Ord. 642, passed 3-7-95; Am. Ord. 698, passed 2-25-97; Am. Ord. 724, passed 8-11-98)