(A) Presiding officer. The Mayor, as presiding officer, shall preserve decorum and shall decide all points of order, subject to appeal to the Council.
(B) Councilors. Councilors shall preserve order and decorum during Council meetings, and shall not, by conversation or other action, delay or interrupt the proceedings or refuse to obey the orders of the presiding officer or these rules. Councilors shall, when addressing staff or members of the public, confine themselves to questions or issues then under discussion, shall not engage in personal attacks, shall not impugn the motives of any speaker and shall at all times, while in session or otherwise, conduct themselves in a manner appropriate to the dignity of their office.
(C) Staff and public. Members of the administrative staff, employees of the city and other persons attending Council meetings shall observe the same rules of procedure, decorum and good conduct applicable to the members of the Council.
(D) Removal of any person. Any person who makes personal, impertinent, slanderous or inappropriate remarks or who becomes boisterous while addressing the Council or attending a Council meeting, when the behavior disrupts or delays the meeting, may be removed from the room if the Sergeant-at-Arms is so directed by the presiding officer. Any member of the Council may obtain the floor and move to require enforcement of this rule; upon affirmative vote of the majority of the Council present, the Sergeant-at-Arms shall be authorized to remove the person or persons, as if the presiding officer so directed.
(E) Enforcement of decorum. The City Administrator, or such member or members of the Union Police Department as the City Administrator shall designate, shall serve as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Council meetings and shall carry out all orders and instructions given by the presiding officer for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum.
(Ord. 404, passed 7-13-1987; Ord. 482, passed 2-14-2005)