Any person may address the Board of Trustees with regard to items of proposed business under the following rules:
(A) He or she must come by the Village Clerk’s office during regular office hours, but no later than 12:00 P.M. on the Friday before the first and third Monday of each month at which he or she desires to address the Board of Trustees and complete a request form, in substantially the same form and substance as the request form attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit “A”, to be placed on the Village Board of Trustee’s meeting agenda to address the Board of Trustees.
(B) At the meeting, once called upon by the Mayor or Trustee having the floor, he or she shall rise (if not physically impaired) and state his or her name and address for the record and, unless further time is granted by the Board, limit remarks to five (5) minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Board of Trustees, not to any member thereof.
(C) No person other than the Trustee recognizing the individual addressing the Board and the person having the floor shall be permitted to enter into any discussion directly or through a member of the Board without the permission of the Mayor. No questions shall be asked of a Trustee except through the Mayor. Any person making personal or impertinent remarks or who shall become disruptive addressing the Board of Trustees shall be forthwith evicted from the Board room by the Mayor.
(D) The Chief of Police or his authorized designee shal be the Sergeant of Arms at the Council meetings. He or she shall carry out all orders and instructions of the Mayor for the purposes of maintaining order and decorum. The Sergeant of Arms shall remove any person violating order or decorum of the meeting. Such removal may be accompanied by further prosecution for any violation of any ordinance under this Code.
(Ord. No. 11-06; 07-18-11)