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Ordinance No. 75-32 ? Introduced by: Mr. Barclay and Mr. Prager AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND PRO- CEDURE OF COUNCIL, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE N0. 1 Section 1. Meetings. A. Regular Meetings. (1) Time. Council shall hold regular meetings on the third Monday of each month at 8:00 p.m., unless otherwise ordered by Council. However, when the day fixed for any regular meeting of Council falls upon a day designated by law as a legal holiday, such meeting may be held at another time when designated by Council. (2) Place. All meetings o£ 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 mem- ber of Council, the Mayor, Law Director and Chief of Police, in person or by notice 40 left at his usual place of residence, at least 12 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 ej:ected 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 nlace any person 0