O-2020-3796 Amending the City Council Rules of Procedure and Ethics Policy, in reference to face masks

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10.Executive and/or workshop sessions (as appropriate) 11.Reconvene in public session (as needed following executive sessions) 12.Adjournment 6.06. Rules of Debate. (A)Presiding Officer May Debate and Vote, Etc. The Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem, or such other member of the Council as may be presiding may move, second and debate from the chair, subject only to such limitations of debate as are by these rules imposed on all members and shall not be deprived of any of the rights and privileges of a Councilperson by reason of his/her acting as the Presiding Officer. (B)Getting the Floor - Improper References to be Avoided. Every member desiring to speak shall address the Chair, and, upon recognition by the Presiding Officer, shall confine himself to the question under debate, avoiding all personalities and indecorous language. (C)Interruptions. A member, once recognized, shall not be interrupted when speaking unless it be to call him to order, or as herein otherwise provided. If a member, while speaking, be called to order, he shall cease speaking until the question of order be determined, and, if in order, he shall be permitted to proceed. (D)Remarks of Councilperson-When Entered in Minutes. A Councilperson may request, through the Presiding Officer, the privilege of having an abstract of his/her statement on any subject under consideration by the Council entered in the minutes. If the Council consents thereto, such statement shall be entered in the minutes. (E) Synopsis of Debate - When Entered in Minutes. The City Secretary may be directed by the Presiding Officer, with consent of the Council, to enter in the minutes a synopsis of the discussion on any question coming regularly before the Council. 6.07. Addressing the Council. (A)Citizen Comment - Before each meeting of City Council the City Secretary shall make Citizen Comment forms available, on which any taxpayer or resident, or his/her authorized representative, or any member of the public, may sign his/her name and address, and indicate the subject matter on which he wishes to speak. Individuals may address the Council by oral communication by completing all requested information on the Citizen Comment form and placing dais,not later than five (5) minutes before commencement of the meeting. Each person addressing the Council shall step up to the podium, shall give his/her name and address for the record, and, unless further time is granted by the Council, shall limit his/her address to five (5) minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body and not to any member thereof. No person, other than the Council and the person having the floor shall be permitted to enter into any discussion, either directly or through a member of the Council, without the permission of the Presiding Officer. No question shall be asked to a Councilperson except through the Presiding Officer. Any such question shall be referred by City Council to the City Manager, for further handling. 5