(A) The presiding officer shall preserve order and decorum, and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the City Council. (‘69 Code, § 2-46)
(B) While the presiding officer is putting the question no member shall walk across or out of the Council room.
(‘69 Code, § 2-47)
(C) Every member, prior to his speaking, shall address himself to the presiding officer, and shall not proceed with his remarks until recognized and named by the Chair. (‘69 Code, § 2-49)
(D) No member shall speak more than twice to the same general question, nor more than once to a previous question, without leave of the City Council, nor more than once in any case, until every member choosing to speak has spoken.
(‘69 Code, § 2-50)
(E) While a member is speaking no member shall entertain any private discourse, or pass between the speaker and the Chair.
(‘69 Code, § 2-51)
(F) A member called to order shall immediately comply unless permitted to explain. If there is no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be conclusive, but if the member appeals to the City Council from the decision of the Chair, the City Council shall decide the case without debate.
(‘69 Code, § 2-52)
(G) No motion shall be debated or put unless it is seconded. When a motion is seconded, it shall be stated by the presiding officer before debate, and every such motion shall be reduced to writing if requested by a member.
(‘69 Code, § 2-53)
(H) After a motion or resolution is stated by the presiding officer, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the City Council, but may be withdrawn at any time before a decision or amendment.
(‘69 Code, § 2-54)
(I) If the question in debate contains several distinct propositions, any member may have the question divided.
(‘69 Code, § 2-55)
(J) When a blank is to be filled with proposed different sums or times, the question shall first be put upon the largest sum and longest time. (‘69 Code, § 2-56)
(K) When a question is under debate no motion shall be received unless for the previous question, to postpone it indefinitely, to adjourn it to a certain day, to lay it on the table, to amend it, or to adjourn the City Council.
(‘69 Code, § 2-57)
(L) A motion for the previous question, to lay the question on the table, or to commit it until it is decided, shall preclude all amendments and debate of the main question, and a motion to postpone a question indefinitely, or to adjourn it to a certain day, until it is decided, precludes all amendments to the main question. (‘69 Code, § 2-58)
(M) When the previous question is moved and put it shall be in the following form: “Shall the main question now be put?”
(‘69 Code, § 2-59)
(N) A motion to adjourn the City Council is always in order, except:
(1) When a member is in possession of the floor;
(2) While the yeas and nays are being called;
(3) When the members are voting;
(4) When adjournment was the last preceding motion;
(5) When it has been decided that the previous question shall be taken.
(‘69 Code, § 2-60)
(O) In all cases when a resolution or motion is entered on the minutes of the City Council, the names of the members moving and seconding it shall also be entered on the minutes.
(‘69 Code, § 2-61)
(P) (1) When a member wishes to present a communication, petition, or report, he shall address the Chairman in the usual form, and having briefly stated the subject of such communication or report, ask leave to present it. (‘69 Code, § 2-66)
(2) The City Clerk shall forward all the papers to the Chairman of the appropriate committees within forty- eight hours after the reference has been made, and it shall be his duty to deliver them. (‘69 Code, § 2-67)
(Q) When the City Council adjourns, the members shall keep their seats until the presiding officer leaves the Chair.
(‘69 Code, § 2-48)
(R) To the extent not inconsistent with the foregoing divisions, Robert’s Rules of Order shall be applicable.
Statutory reference:
Council rules, see ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5 § 3-11-11