The following rules shall govern all meetings and actions of the Council:
(A) Order of business. The order of business shall be as follows.
(1) Roll call.
(2) Reading of minutes.
(3) Publication of claims.
(4) Roll call for presentation of matters to be considered as new business.
(5) Reports of department heads.
(6) Reports of committees.
(7) Reports of official boards.
(8) Old business.
(9) New business.
(10) Adjournment.
(B) Presentation of business. When the roll is called for the presentation of business, members of the Council shall present to the Council all old or new business which the member wishes to present to the Council that meeting. Any business not presented on the roll call may be placed before the Council by majority approval of the Council.
(C) Procedural conduct of business. All procedures, motions or conduct of meetings of the Council shall be governed by Robert’s Rules of Order, unless otherwise suspended by a majority vote of the Council.
(D) Adoption of ordinance. No ordinance shall be adopted at the same meeting at which it is first
presented, except upon unanimous, affirmative vote of all members of the Council in attendance at the meeting.
(E) General rules.
(1) The President may reasonably limit debate upon any issue before the Council and when so limited, his or her ruling shall be final.
(2) Any member of the general public shall be permitted to address the Council upon any subject property before the Council for discussion, only after all members of the Council have presented all comments or debate he or she may wish to offer.
(3) Any member of the public shall be permitted to address the Council on any matter pertaining to the town or town business, whether or not a member of the Council has presented the same before the Council for consideration, but only after all other business of the meeting has been concluded.
(4) At all meetings of the Council, the Clerk-Treasurer shall secure a written roll call of all persons present at the meeting, indicating thereon whether the persons appear at the meeting as officials of the town, employees of the town, agents of the town or members of the public and, in the latter case, the specific purpose or purposes of their attendance.
(1982 Code, § 3-4)