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ATTACHMENTNO. AZ AGENDA DATE ColtS]202G Local Law No. 9 of 2026 to amend the Springville Village Code to add Chapter 80 to provide rules for Officials and the Public to conduct themselves at the Village Board Meetings. Chapter 80. Meetings, Public Article |. Decorum § 80-1. Conduct. § 80-2. Rules of decorum. § 80-3. Addressing the Village Board. § 80-4. Enforcement of decorum. Article |. Decorum § 80-1. Conduct. Meetings of the Village Board of Trustees shall be conducted in an orderly manner to ensure that the public has a full opportunity to be heard and that the deliberative process of the Village Board is retained at all times. The presiding officer of the Village Board, who shall be the Mayor or in his/her absence, the Deputy Mayor other member so designated by the Mayor, shall be responsible for maintaining the order and decorum of meetings. § 80-2. Rules of decorum. While any meeting of the Village Board of Trustees is in session, the following rules of order and decorum shall be observed: A. Village Board Members. The members of the Village Board of Trustees shall preserve order and decorum, and a member shall not by conversation or other means delay or interrupt the Village Board proceedings or disturb any other member while speaking. Village Officials (elected, appointed). Employees of the Village shall observe the same rules of order and decorum as those which apply to the members of Village Board. Cc. Persons addressing the Village Board and Village Board Members being addressed. Public oral communications at the Village Board of Trustees meetings should not be a substitute for any item that can be handled during the normal working hours of the municipal government. The primary purpose of oral communications is to allow citizens the opportunity to formally communicate with the Village Board of Trustees as a whole, for matters that cannot be handled during the regular working hours of the Village government. Each person who addresses the Village Board shall do so in an orderly manner and shall not make personal, impertinent, slanderous or profane remarks to any