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Rule 6.05. DECORUM Any person making impertinent or slanderous remarks or who becomes boisterous while addressing the Commission shall be barred from further appearance before the Commission by the presiding officer, unless permission to continue or again address the Commission is granted by the majority vote of the Commission members present. No clapping, applauding, heckling or verbal outbursts in support or opposition to a speaker or his or her remarks shall be permitted. Signs or placards may be disallowed in the Commission chamber by the presiding officer. Persons exiting the Commission chambers shall do so quietly. PART 7. RULES OF DEBATE Rule 7.01. RULES OF DEBATE (a) QUESTIONS UNDER CONSIDERATION. On any agenda item, in order for debate to ensue, the presiding officer shall call for a motion to accept the matter at hand, whether it is an ordinance, resolution, motion, etc., for "discussion purposes only" and upon receipt of a second to that motion, debate may begin. When a motion is presented and seconded, it is under consideration and no other motion shall be received thereafter, except to adjourn, to lay on the table, (to lay the pending question aside temporarily when something else of immediate urgency has arisen), to postpone, or to amend the motion until the question is decided. These motions shall have preference in the order in which they are mentioned and the first two shall be decided without debate. Final action upon a pending motion may be deferred until a date certain by a majority of the members present. If, after debate, the motion requires amendment, then the Commissioner making a motion shall state as follows: "I move we adopt Ordinance (resolution) as read" ["as amended" by Commissioner 1- The City Attorney or the City Clerk may request and/or assist with a restatement of the motion for the record. The Commissioner seconding said motion shall say "I second the motion ["as amended"]." (b) AS TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mayor, as presiding officer, shall not move or second an item of debate. The presiding officer, however, upon relinquishing the chair, may move or second an item, vote, subject only to such limitations as are by these rules imposed upon all members. (c) GETTING THE FLOOR, IMPROPER REFERENCES TO BE AVOIDED. Every member desiring to speak for any purpose shall address the presiding officer, and upon recognition, shall be confined to the question under debate avoiding all personalities and indecorous language. -10-