13-2496 Amending Code of Parlimentary Procedures

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5. Commissioners should attempt to be brief and speak with relevancy to the motion being discussed, avoiding repetitive comments or statements. 6. Debate should be fundamentally impersonal. All discussion should be addressed to the Mayor as presiding officers and should not be directed to individual Commissioners. An item may be discussed with vigorous support or opposition, but it is never appropriate to attach the motives or character of another Commissioner either directly or by innuendo or implication. It is the duty of the Mayor as presiding officer to immediately stop such discussion from proceeding. If the Mayoras presiding officer fails to do so, any other Commissioner may raise a point of order and call the Mayor's attention to the speaker's misconduct. 7. A Commissioner that fails or refuses to speak in an orderly and courteous manner may be denied the opportunity to speak and may be excluded from further participation in the meeting by a majority vote of Commissioners in attendance. TIME LIMITS ON DEBATE 1. There is no standard time limit for discussion during the debate of a motion. 2. Debate should ordinarily be kept within reasonable time limits by the Mayoras presiding officer and generally confined to the subject matter under consideration. 3. If debate is to be limited, then each Commissioner shall be allocated equal time and time allocated to one Commissioner shall not be transferred to another. CUTTING OFF DEBATE 1. Most discussions should not be cut off until each Commissioner has had a full opportunity to offer opinion and reasoning related to the issue being discussed. 2. However, if a Commissioner submits a motion to limit or end the debate, which is seconded, it should be voted upon separately. If the motion to end or limit debate is approved, the Commission shall then vote on the original motion that was the subject of debate. APPEAL OF A PROCEDURAL DECISION OF THE MAYOR 1. Purpose is to disagree with a procedural ruling of the Mayor and allow the Commission to decide the disagreement by taking a vote. 2. The motion to appeal requires a second, and must be made at the time the ruling was made by the Mayor. 3. The motion is debatable by the Commission. 4. The question to be decided is whether to sustain the Mayor's ruling. A majority or tie vote sustains the decision of the Mayor. Casselberry City Commission Code of Parliamentary Procedures Adopted via Resolution 13 -2496 — May 13, 2013 Page 14