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. . Ordinance No. 1435, Page 5. (B) By Persons. Any person making personal, impertinent, or slanderours remarks or who shall become boisterous while ~ddressing the Council shall be forthwith, by the Presiding Officer, barred from further audience before the Council, unless permission to continue be granted by a majority vote of the Council. Section 1-216. Enforcement of Decorum. The Chief of Police, or such member or members of the Police Department as he may designate, shall be Sergeant-at-Arms of the Council meetings. He, or they, shall carry out all orders and instructions given by the Presiding Officer for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum at the Council meeting. Upon instructions of the Presiding Officer, it shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-Arms, or any of them present, to place any person who violates the order and decorum of the meeting under arrest, and cause him to be prosecuted under the provisions of this Code, the complaint to be signed by the Presiding Officer. Section 1-217. Persons Authorized to be at Tables. No person, except City officials, their representatives, and news- paper reporters, shall be permitted to be at the two tables in front of the Council table, without the express consent of the Council. Section 1-218. Special Committees. All special committees shall be appointed by majority vote of the Council. Section'1-2l9. Members May File Protests Against Council Action. Any member shall have the right to have the reasons for his dissent from, or protest against, any action of the Council entered on the minutes. Section 1-220. Claims Against. City. No account or other demand against the City shall be allowed until the same has been considered and reported upon by the City Manager and the City Attorney. Section 1-221. Ordinances, Resolutions, Motions and Contracts. (A) Preparation of Ordinances. All ordinances shall be prepared by the City Attorney. No ordinance shall be prepared for presentation to the Council unless ordered by three (3) members of the Council, or requested by the City Manager, or prepared by the City Attorney on his own initiative, in consultation with the City Manager. (B) Prior A~proval by Administrative Staff. All ordinances, resolutlons and contract documents shall, before pre- sentation to the Council, have been approved as to form and legality by the City Attorney or his authorized representative, and shall have been examined and approved for administration by the City Manager or his authorized representative, where there are substantive matters of administration involved.