The following rules of conduct shall be in full force and effect immediately prior to, during, and immediately following the time of any meeting of the Council of the Village, any board, commission, panel, or agency of the Village or any of their respective committees:
(a) With the exception of members of Village Council, and other Village Commissions, Boards and/or Committees, the Mayor, Fiscal Officer, Administrator, Solicitor, Engineer, Chief of Police and Chief of Fire, no person shall be permitted to bring any water, coffee, soft drink or other beverage into Council Chambers or such other room, office, auditorium, center, hall or other gathering place utilized for any meeting of such Council, Commission, Board and/or Committee.
(b) No person shall be permitted to bring any food into Council Chambers or such other room, office, auditorium, center, hall or other gathering place utilized for any meeting of such Council, Commission, Board and/or Committee.
(c) No person shall be permitted to speak during any such Council, Commission, Board and/or Committee meeting unless they are first recognized by the Chair or other person presiding at such meeting.
(d) With the exception of members of Village Council, and other Village Commissions, Boards, and/or Committees, the Mayor, Fiscal Officer, Administrator, Solicitor, Engineer, Chief of Police and Chief of Fire, no person shall be permitted to bring cell phones, pagers, or other communication devices into Council Chambers or such other room, office, auditorium, center, hall or other gathering place utilized for any meeting of such Council, Commission, Board and/or Committee.
(e) During the “public portion” of meetings of the Council of the Village or any other Village Commissions, Boards and/or Committees, any person wishing to speak from the audience must abide by the following:
(1) Said person shall stand, state his or her name and address, and shall be permitted to present his or her opinion, commentary, question or concern to Council in a time period not to exceed two (2) minutes.
(2) Said individual shall then be prohibited from speaking further until all other members of the audience have had an opportunity to present their commentary, opinions, questions or concerns to Council.
(3) After the close of the above noted “public portion” then and only then shall any comments or replies relating to issues raised by members of the audience be given by Council, the Mayor or other officials of any such Commissions, Boards, or Committees and/or employees of the Village. No further public debate or discussion shall be permitted.
(f) No member of the audience shall be permitted to speak while others are speaking; this applies to members of Council and other Village officials, as well as all members of the audience.
(g) Any member of the audience that fails to abide by a direction of the Chair or other person presiding at such meeting or violates these rules shall be removed by the Chief of Police or such other person as may be designated as Sergeant-at- Arms.
(Ord. 2004-128. Passed 3-8-05.)
(Ord. 2004-128. Passed 3-8-05.)