(A) Order of business. The order of business to be followed at a meeting of the Common Council shall be as follows:
(1) Calling to order;
(2) Roll call by Clerk-Treasurer;
(3) Reading of minutes and approval;
(4) Petitions or comment of citizens;
(5) Reports from committees, boards and commissions;
(6) Unfinished business, including ordinances or resolutions already introduced;
(7) New business, including introduction of ordinances and resolutions;
(8) Miscellaneous business, including any matters not already considered; and
(9) Adjournment.
(B) Contempt and disorder in the Council room. No person shall use violent or contemptuous language, behave in a disorderly manner, or refuse to obey the orders of the Mayor or presiding officer in the Council room while the Common Council is in session. The Mayor or presiding officer may order the removal from the Council room of anyone who intentionally disturbs the decorum of a Council member.
(C) Introduction and adoption of ordinances and resolutions.
(1) All ordinances shall be regularly filed with the Clerk-Treasurer at least one day before a regular meeting.
(2) All ordinances shall be read two times before being passed, and no ordinance shall pass on the same day in which it is introduced, unless the provisions of I.C. 36-4-6-13 are complied with.
(3) Resolutions may be passed on one reading.
(4) On the passage or adoption of any ordinance or resolution, the yeas and nays shall be taken and entered in the record, and the ordinance shall be processed in accordance with I.C. 36-4-6-14-17.
(D) Question of order. The Mayor or presiding officer shall decide all questions of order. He or she shall decide whether any question submitted to the Council for adoption or rejection is decided in the affirmative or negative.
(E) Appeal from decision of presiding officer. From any decision of the presiding officer, any member may appeal to the Council. The appeal shall be by motion duly made and seconded. A majority vote, as defined in I.C. 36-4-6-11(a) is necessary to overrule the chair.
(F) Suspension of rules. The order of business may be suspended by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Council, as set out by the provisions of I.C. 36-4-6-11(b).
(Prior Code, § 2-13) (Ord. 82-11, passed 7-12-1982)