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6. Comments must relate to the purpose of a hearing or legitimate town business at a board meeting. 7. Speakers should present their remarks in a courteous manner and may not make personal comments about public officials, town residents or others. 8. Placards, banners or other signs should not be permitted in meeting rooms nor should the distribution o f flyers. 9. A person who disregards the directives of the supervisor in enforcing the rules, disturbs the peace at a meeting, makes impe1tinent or slanderous remarks or generally conducts himself in a boisterous or inappropriate manner while addressing the town board should be barred from further participation and forfeit any balance of time remaining for his comments. 10. After a final warning, if a speaker refuses to step down, the town supervisor should request that a police or peace officer remove the individual from the meeting room. The authority is section 240.20 of the Penal Law, providing that a person is guilty of disorderly conduct when, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm or recklessly creating a risk thereof: 1) he makes unreasonable noise, 2) in a public place, he uses abusive or obscene language, or makes an obscene gesture, or 3) without lawful authority, he disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons or 4) he creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act which serves no legitimate purpose. Disorderly conduct is a criminal offense constituting a violation.