§ 202.05 PRESIDING OFFICER - POWERS.

   The presiding officer shall preserve order and decorum and shall decide questions of order subject to an appeal to the Council. The presiding officer may make motions, second motions or speak on any question; provided, however, that in order to do so, upon demand of any one Council member, he or she shall vacate the chair and designate a Council member to preside temporarily. The Mayor shall be entitled to vote like other members of the Council.

(Prior Code, § 202.05)

§ 202.06 DEBATE PROCEDURE.

   Every member, previous to his or her speaking, shall address the chairperson and shall not proceed until the chair has recognized him or her. He or she shall indulge in no personalities and shall confine his or her remarks to the matter under debate.

(Prior Code, § 202.06)

§ 202.07 DEBATE LIMIT.

   No member shall speak more than twice on any question, nor more than five minutes each time without unanimous consent of the Council.

(Prior Code, § 202.07)

§ 202.08 POINT OF ORDER.

   A member called to order shall immediately suspend his or her remarks until the point of order is decided by the chair.

(Prior Code, § 202.08)

§ 202.09 MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS IN WRITING.

   Every motion except to adjourn, postpone, reconsider, commit, lay on the table, or for the previous questions, shall be reduced to writing if the chair or any member requires it; when made and seconded, it shall be stated by the chairperson if amendment, or any disposition thereof has been made, or a vote taken thereon.

(Prior Code, § 202.09)

§ 202.10 LIMIT ON MOTIONS.

   When a question is under debate no motion shall be entertained, unless to adjourn, to lay on the table, to act on the previous question, to postpone, to commit or to amend, which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are named, and the first three shall be decided without debate.

(Prior Code, § 202.10)

§ 202.11 DIVISIONS OF QUESTION.

   Any question shall be divided at the request of any member when the same will admit thereof.

(Prior Code, § 202.11)