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121.01 ADMINISTRATNE CODE 16 (2) Place. All meetings of Council shall be held in the. Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 6621 Wilson Mills Road, Mayfield Village, Ohio. (b) Special Meetings. The Clerk of Council may call special meetings of Council whenever the public business may require it at the expressed request of the Mayor, President of Council or any three members of Council. Whenever a special meeting is called, a summons or a notice in writing, signed by the Clerk of Council, shall be served upon each member of Council, the Mayor, Law Director and Chief of Police, in person or by notice left at his usual place of residence, at least twelve hours in advance of the time of such meeting. Such notice shall state the date and hour of the meeting and the purpose for which such meeting. is called. (c) Decorum. (1) By Council Members. While Council is in session, the members must preserve order and decorum, and a member shall neither, by conversation or otherwise delay or interrupt the proceedings or the -peace and dignity of Council, nor disturb any member while speaking or refuse to obey the orders of the Presiding Officer or Council, except as otherwise herein provided. (2) By Other Persons. Any person, while addressing Council, who makes personal, impertinent or slanderous remarks, or who becomes boisterous, shall be ordered ejected from the Council Chamber forthwith by the Presiding Officer and barred from further audience before that Council meeting unless permission to continue be granted by a majority vote of Council present. (d) Enforcement of Decorum. (1) The Chief of Police, or such member or members of the Police Department as he may designate, shall be Sergeant-At-Arms of all Council meetings. He or they shall carry out all orders and instructions given by the Presiding Officer for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum at the meeting. Upon instructions of the Presiding Officer, it shall be the duty of the Sergeant-At-Arms, to place any person who violates the order and decorum of the meeting under arrest and cause him to be prosecuted for disturbing the peace, the complaint to be signed by the Presiding Officer. (2) If the offending person is the Presiding Officer or a Councilman, he shall not be removed from the meeting or charged as provided in subsection (d)(1) hereof unless a majority of the other Councilmen present concur that such Councilman shall be prosecuted as provided for in subsection (d)(1) hereof. (e) Addressing Council. Persons desiring to address Council may do so in the following manner: (1) Written Communications. Interested parties or their authorized.represen- tatives may address Council by written communications on any matter of Village business by addressing such communications to the President of - Council. Such written communications shall be read by the Clerk of Council as directed by Council. 199.0 Replacement