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An Ordinance to Repeal & Recreate Section 3.04 of the West Allis Revised Municipal Code Relating to Agenda Items and the Order of Business.
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The Common Council of the City of West Allis do ordain as follows:
PART I. Section 3.04 of Revised Municipal Code is hereby repealed and recreated to read as follows:
3.04 AGENDA ITEMS AND THE ORDER OF BUSINESS.
(1) The order of business shall be:
(a) Call to order by the presiding officer.
(b) Call of the roll and announcement of presence or absence of a quorum.
(c) Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.
(d) Scheduled hearings.
(e) Statements by citizens. Not more than one-half (1/2) hour shall be allowed for statements by citizens to the Council. Each individual shall be limited to five (5) minutes to address the Council. Participants are required to print their names and addresses on the sign-in sheet for speakers and shall announce their name and address. Dialogue with the members of the Council is not permitted other than scheduling and other similar non-substantive matters. Such questions shall be directed to the presiding officer only. No citizen may speak more than once during this portion of the meeting. The Clerk or his/her designee shall keep time and shall announce when a speaker has one (1) minute of speaking time remaining. Upon any one speaker reaching the allotted five (5) minutes, the Clerk shall announce "Time", and the presiding officer shall ask the speaker to conclude his/her remarks. Any speaker so informed who continues to address the Council shall be considered to have created a disturbance under subsection 3.01(a) of the West Allis Revised Municipal Code. Upon conclusion of the one-half (1/2) hour total time (and after a speaker has concluded), the Clerk shall announce that the time for citizen statements has expired. This portion of the meeting shall then end unless an Alderperson moves to extend the time, the motion is sec...
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