(A) He or she shall preserve order and decorum, may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his or her seat for such purpose, and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal by any member, on which appeal no member shall speak more than twice without leave of the chair. The question on an appeal shall be put thus: “Shall the decision of the chair stand as the decision of the Trustees?”
(B) He or she shall put questions which are in order which shall be in this form, to wit: “As many as are of the opinion (as the question may be) say, ‘Aye,’ and after the affirmative voice is expressed as many as are of the contrary opinion say, ‘No.’”
(C) He or she shall examine and correct the minutes before they are read and after approval by the Board shall sign the same, shall have a casting vote in the absence of a member, but in case of a tie the Clerk-Treasurer shall have the deciding vote, but not otherwise, and shall sign all ordinances, commissions, deeds, contracts, licenses, permits and other papers ordered by the Trustees and may name any member to perform the duties of the chair, such substitution not to extend beyond an adjournment. On his or her absence and failure to make such appointment, the Clerk-Treasurer shall call the Trustees to order, when the members shall proceed immediately to the election of a Chairperson.
(D)
He or she shall prohibit smoking, loud talking or any other disturbance within the meeting area.
(E) As the Executive Officer of the town, the President of the Town Council in emergency situations shall be vested with the authority to take certain actions on his or her own authority to protect the public safety, health and welfare of the town, its people, the public, its properties and all assets.
(1) For purposes of the authority granted by this section, EMERGENCIES shall be defined to include severe weather, fire, power failure, earthquakes, tornados, floods, epidemics, pandemics, and other national, regional or local emergencies and other emergencies of a similar nature.
(2) When the President declares an emergency in accordance with this section, he or she may take the following actions:
(a) Prohibit the use and/or occupancy of any or all public facilities and/or public properties owned or operated by the town or a portion thereof;
(b) Restrict the use of occupancy of any or all public facilities and/or properties owned or operated by the town or a portion thereof; and
(c) Order any other reasonable rules regarding the town’s employees, its assets and the public need for the protection of such persons and assets.
(3) The actions taken by the President in accordance with this emergency authority shall remain in place until the earlier of the following:
(a) The actions are modified or canceled by the President; or
(b) The next meeting of the Town Council, including both a special or regular scheduled meeting.
(4) In the event the emergency actions by the President are still in force at the next meeting of the Town Council, the Town Council at the meeting shall take one of the following actions:
(a) Cancel the actions taken by the President;
(b) Modify and supersede the actions taken by the President; or
(c) Allow the actions of the President to stand.
(`77 Code, § 10.05) (Am. Ord. 2020-2, passed 4-20-20)