20.06(A) If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgresses the rules of the Commission, the Presiding Officer shall, or any member can, call him or her to order, in which case the member so called to order shall immediately cease discussion unless permitted by the Presiding Officer to explain; and the Commission, if appealed to, shall decide the question without debate. If the decision is in favor of the member so called to order, he or she shall be at liberty to proceed; if otherwise, he or she shall not proceed without leave of the Commission to proceed in order.
20.06(B) A member about to speak shall respectfully address the Presiding Officer, and shall not commence to speak until recognized by the Presiding Officer. When two or more members request to speak at the same time, the Presiding Officer shall determine which one is recognized.
20.06(C) Every member while speaking shall confine himself or herself to the subject under debate, shall conduct themselves in a statesperson like manner, and shall not refer to any other member of the Commission except in a respectful manner.
20.06(D) Unless a member who has the floor yields for that purpose, no member shall interrupt another while he or she is speaking, except to propound a parliamentary inquiry or make a point of order.
20.06(E) The Presiding Officer shall not be deprived of any of the rights and privileges of a Commissioner by reason of acting as the Presiding Officer.
20.06(F) A motion to reconsider any action taken by the Commission may be made only at the meeting such action was taken, and may only be made by a member of the Commission who was on the prevailing side of the action sought to be reconsidered. Reconsideration of the action may occur no earlier than the next Commission meeting.
20.06(G) The order of voting on all items shall be established after each regular or special election by Commissioner preference, selected in order of length of service in their current position, with the Mayor choosing first (ties shall be broken by alphabetical order of last name). In the event of a special election to fill a vacancy, the member so elected shall assume the voting position of the member who has vacated the seat. In the event of a vacancy in the seat of the Mayor, the Alternate Presiding Officer, who is acting as Mayor, may in his or her discretion vote in the voting position he or she previously held as a Commissioner or in the voting position previously held by the prior Mayor. No Commissioner who is present at the time a vote is taken shall be entitled to pass on voting.
(Am. Ord. 2023-03, passed 5-1-2023)