(A) Anyone desiring to address the Council shall identify themselves, giving their name and address.
(B) No person shall use violent or contemptuous language, behave in a disorderly manner, or refuse to obey the orders of the presiding officer in the meeting.
(C) The presiding officer shall decide all questions of order.
(D) 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. 36-5-2-9.4 is necessary to overrule the chair.
(E) The order of business may be suspended by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Council.
(F) Abstention from voting may be permitted at the discretion of the presiding officer after the member wishing to abstain states the reason for the abstention.
(G) Voting by proxy is prohibited.
(1991 Draft Code, § 3-7) (Ord. 6-81, passed 12-14-1981)