Citizens attending council meetings shall be required to observe the same rules of
propriety, decorum and good conduct applicable to members of the council. Any person
making personal, impertinent or slanderous remarks or becoming boisterous while addressing
the council or attending the council meeting shall be removed from the room by the
chief of police or any police officer, if so directed by the presiding officer. Unauthorized
remarks from the audience, stamping of feet, whistles, yells or similar demonstrations
shall result in the person being removed by the chief or police or any police officer,
if so directed by the presiding officer. Aggravated cases may be prosecuted on appropriate
complaint signed by the presiding officer. In case the presiding officer shall fail
to act, any member of the council may move to require him to act to enforce the rules,
and the affirmative vote of the majority of the council members in attendance shall
require the presiding officer to so act. Any citizen desiring to address the council
at a time when it is appropriate for citizens to do so shall be recognized by the
presiding officer, shall be required to state his name and address in an audible tone
for the record, and shall be required to limit his remarks to the question under discussion.
All remarks and questions shall be addressed to the council as a whole and not to
any individual member. No person, other than members of 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 permission of the presiding officer.
