File #: O-2011-0010    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/15/2011 In control: Advisory Committee (INACTIVE)
On agenda: 3/15/2011 Final action: 3/15/2011
Title: An Ordinance to Repeal and Recreate Subsection 3.05(4) of the West Allis Revised Municipal Code Relating to Decorum and Points of Order During Common Council Meetings.
Sponsors: Advisory Committee (INACTIVE)
Attachments: 1. O-2011-0010 Packet Doc
Title
An Ordinance to Repeal and Recreate Subsection 3.05(4) of the West Allis Revised Municipal Code Relating to Decorum and Points of Order During Common Council Meetings.
Body
The Common Council of the City of West Allis do ordain as follows:
 
PART I.      Subsection 3.05(4) of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby repealed and recreated to read:
 
3.05      RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR COMMON COUNCIL.
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(4)      Decorum and Points of Order.  
 
(a)      The Mayor or other presiding officer shall preserve order and decorum, decide all questions of order and shall inform the Council, when necessary, on any point of order or practice.  He/she may speak to points of order in preference to others and seek the advice of the City Attorney on such points of order or practice.
 
(b)      The Mayor or other presiding officer shall ensure that no signs, placards, banners, or other similar items are displayed in the Council chambers during a Council meeting.  Any person failing to remove such items shall be considered to have caused a disturbance under subsection 3.01(9) of the West Allis Revised Municipal Code.
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PART II.      All ordinances or parts of ordinances contravening the provisions of this ordinance are hereby amended.
 
PART III.      This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication.
ATTO-Repeal&Recreate Subsec 3.05(4)-Decorum&Pts Order