§ 2-31. Standing rules.
In the absence of a standing rule, the deliberations of the village board shall be conducted in accordance with the parliamentary rules as contained in Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised 10th Edition (2000), unless contrary to state law. Included in these standing rules, but not limited to this itemization, are the following rules:
(1)
No person other than a member or village staff shall address the board, except by majority vote of the members present.
(2)
No ordinance, resolution or other motion shall be discussed or acted upon unless it has been seconded.
(3)
No motion shall be withdrawn without the consent of the person making the same and the person seconding it.
(4)
No trustee shall address the board until he or she has been recognized by the presiding officer. The trustee shall confine his or her remarks to the question under discussion and avoid all personal remarks.
(5)
When two or more members simultaneously seek recognition, the presiding officer shall name the member who is to speak first.
(6)
When a question is under debate, no action shall be in order except to adjourn debate, to lay on the table, to move the previous question, to postpone to a certain day, to refer to a committee, to amend, and to postpone indefinitely. These motions shall have precedence in the order listed.
(7)
Any member desiring to terminate the debate may move the previous question, or call the question, in which event the president shall announce the question as, "Shall the main question now be put?" If a majority of the members present vote in the affirmative, the main question shall be taken without further debate, its effect being to put an end to all debate and bring the board to a direct vote, first upon any pending amendments and then upon the main question.
(8)
A motion to adjourn debate or to lay on the table and a call for the previous question shall be decided without debate.
(9)
No member of the board, whether he or she is a trustee or the president, shall vote on any question involving his or her own character or conduct, the right as a member, or his or her pecuniary interest.
(Ord. No. 912, § I, 4-19-16)