(A) The President shall be the presiding officer at all meetings of the Board of Trustees. Except as provided in the Municipal Code (ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, § 1-1-1, et seq.), he or she shall not vote on any ordinance, resolution, or motion except where the vote of the Board of Trustees has resulted in a tie; or where one half of the Board of Trustees elected have voted in favor of an ordinance, resolution, or motion even though there is no tie vote; or where a vote greater than a majority of the Board of Trustees is required to adopt an ordinance, resolution or motion. In each instance specified, the President shall vote. Nothing in this section shall deprive an Acting President or President Pro Tem from voting in his or her capacity as Trustee, but he or she shall not be entitled to another vote in his or her capacity as Acting President or President Pro Tem.
(B) The President shall nominate one Trustee at the commencement of each fiscal year to act as the presiding officer of the meeting in the absence of the President, and one alternate in the event of the unavailability of the appointed Trustee, which Trustee shall perform the duties of the President as presiding officer.
(C) The presiding officer shall preserve order and decorum. The presiding officer may speak to a subject before the Board of Trustees without relinquishing the chair. The presiding officer shall decide all questions of order, subject to appeal to the Board of Trustees. When two or more Trustees request the floor, the presiding officer shall name the order in which they are to be heard. In case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct, the presiding officer shall have the power to have the chamber cleared of any or all visitors.
(Ord. 13-23, passed 7-8-2013)