(A) The following order of business shall be observed by the Common Council at its meetings:
(1) Call to order;
(2) Invocation to be given by ministers of different faiths, if present. If none are present, then a moment of reflection;
(3) Pledge of allegiance;
(4) Roll call;
(5) Approval of minutes;
(6) Communications:
(a) Council members;
(b) Mayor;
(c) Other city departments or officials;
(7) Reports from committees and boards. Other officials as requested by a majority vote of the Council;
(8) Approval of CF-1 forms;
(9) Introduction of ordinances; for each ordinance the following order of speaking shall be followed:
(a) Public: petitioners;
(b) Public: other proponents and opponents;
(c) Public: petitioner rebuttal;
(d) Council: ordinance introduction, reading, debate and vote;
(10) Introduction of resolutions: for each resolution, the following order of speaking shall be followed:
(a) Public: petitioners;
(b) Public: other proponents and opponents;
(c) Public: petitioner rebuttal;
(d) Council: resolution introduction, reading, debate and vote;
(11) Board appointments;
(12) Communications from public: non-agenda items:
(a) Public, non-agenda communications may be advanced on the agenda by majority vote;
(13) Adjourn.
(B) Public communications regarding both agenda and non-agenda items shall be subject to the following:
(1) PUBLIC: PETITIONERS. Includes the individuals who have applied for or otherwise initiated the ordinance or resolution, as well as their agents, employees, contractors, representatives, and any other person with a fiduciary relationship or otherwise affiliated with them. All such speakers shall be limited to 15 minutes in the aggregate.
(2) PUBLIC: OTHER PROPONENTS, PUBLIC: OPPONENTS, and PUBLIC, NON-AGENDA shall be limited to three minutes of speaking time per person.
(3) The presiding officer has the discretion to extend speaking times as appropriate.
(Ord. 4600, passed 3-4-1957; Ord. G-10-12, passed 4-15-2010; Ord. G-15-04, passed 6-1-2015; Ord. G-18-06, passed 4-19-2018)