(A) The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City Council. The Mayor shall preserve order and decorum among the City Council members, and is responsible for conducting the meeting in compliance with the rules of the City Council. The Mayor may at any time make such rules as deemed proper to preserve order among the spectators during sessions of the City Council.
(B) The Mayor may speak to points of order in preference to other members, and shall decide all points of order, subject to appeal to the City Council by motion duly seconded. The Mayor may at any time call any member to the chair during any meeting, such substitution to discontinue when the Mayor elects to resume the chair, and in no event beyond adjournment of the meeting at which such substitution is made.
(C) In the temporary absence or disability of the Mayor, any member of the City Council may call the City Council to order at any duly called meeting to elect a Mayor pro tem from among its members and the Mayor pro tem shall exercise all the powers of chair during such temporary absence or disability of the Mayor and may also vote.
(Am. Ord. 2004-04, passed 3-9-04)