(A) The Presiding Officer shall preserve decorum and decide all questions of order, subject to appeal to the City Council. During Council meetings, Council members shall preserve order and decorum and shall neither, by conversation or otherwise delay or interrupt the proceedings nor refuse to obey the orders of the Presiding Officer or the rules of the Council. Every Council member desiring to speak shall address the Chair and, upon recognition by the Presiding Officer, shall confine comments to the question under debate and shall avoid all personalities and indecorous language. Every Council member desiring to question the administrative staff shall address - all questions to the Safety and Service Director, who shall be entitled either to answer the inquiries - or to designate some staff member for that purpose.
(B) Members of the administrative staff and employees of the city shall observe the same rules of procedure and decorum applicable to members of the Council. The Safety and Service Director shall take disciplinary action as necessary to insure that decorum is observed at all times by city employees in Council meetings.
(C) Public members attending Council meetings also shall observe the same rules of propriety, decorum, and good conduct applicable to members of the Council. Any public member desiring to address the Council shall be recognized by the Chair, shall state their name and address in an audible tone for the record, and shall limit their remarks to the question under discussion. All remarks and questions shall be addressed to the Council as a whole and not to any individual member thereof. All remarks and questions addressed to the administration of the city shall be addressed to the Safety and Service Director and not to any individual city employee.
(1982 Code, § 30.29) (Res. 61-13, passed 3-6-1961; Res. 72-1, passed 1-3-1972; Res. 21-27, passed 8-9-2021)