(A) Public Comment Request. Any person not a member of the Village Board may address the Village Board with regard to items of proposed business under the following rules:
(1) He or she shall rise (if not physically impaired) and state his or her name for the record and unless further time is granted by the Board to limit remarks to ten (10) minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Village Board, not to any member thereof.
(2) No person other than the Board member recognizing the individual addressing the Board and the person having the floor shall be permitted to enter into any discussion directly or through a member of the Board without the permission of the Mayor. No questions shall be asked of a Trustee except through the Mayor. Any person making personal or impertinent remarks or who shall become disruptive addressing the Village Board shall be forthwith evicted from the Board room by the Mayor. (Ord. No. 12-01; 03-13-12 in part)
(B) Auxiliary Aid or Service. The Village shall take appropriate steps to ensure that communications with applicants, participants, members of the public, and companions with disabilities are as effective as communications with others.
(1) The Village shall furnish appropriate auxiliary aid(s) and service(s) where necessary to afford qualified individuals with disabilities including applicants, participants, companions, and members of the public, an equal opportunity to participate in, and enjoy the benefits, of a service, program, or activity of the Village.
(2) Auxiliary aids and services shall be provided in a timely manner.
(3) Individuals shall notify the Village Clerk fourteen (14) days in advance specifying the appropriate auxiliary aids or services required. (See Addendum “B”, Request for Auxiliary Aid(s) and/or Services)
(C) The Chief of Police or his authorized designee shall be the Sergeant at Arms at the Board meetings. He or she shall carry out all orders and instructions of the Mayor for the purposes of maintaining order and decorum. The Sergeant at Arms shall remove any person violating order and decorum of the meeting. Such removal may be accompanied by further prosecution for any violation of any ordinance under this Code. [See 5 ILCS 120/2.06]