(A) When a member wishes to present a communication, petition, ordinance or report, he or she shall rise from his or her place and address the Chair in the usual form, and having briefly stated the subject of his or her communication, petition, ordinance or report, ask leave to present the same, whereupon, the document shall be handed, immediately, to the Clerk to be seen in full unless otherwise specially ordered and, after the reading, appropriate action may be taken thereon.
(B) No member shall speak more than twice on the same general question without leave of the Council.
(C) A member called to order while speaking shall immediately cease speaking and sit down unless permitted to explain. If there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be conclusive; but if the member appeals from the decision of the Chair, the City Council shall decide the case without debate.
(D) While a member is speaking, no member shall hold private discourse, nor pass between the speaker and the Chair.
(E) Each member who shall be present when a question is stated by the Chair shall vote thereon unless excused by the Council or unless he or she is directly interested in the question, in which case he or she shall not vote.
(Ord. 549, passed 6-16-1942; Am. Ord. 1323, passed - -; Am. Ord. 1385, passed 11-18-1997)