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10 <br /> 5. Consent Agenda <br /> • Removal of Items from Consent Agenda <br /> • Approval of Remaining Consent Agenda <br /> • Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda <br /> 6. Public Hearings <br /> 7. Regular Agenda <br /> 8. Reports <br /> 9. County Manager's Report <br /> 10. County Attorney's Report <br /> 11. Appointments <br /> 12. Board Comments <br /> 13. Information Items <br /> 14. Closed Session <br /> 15. Adjournment <br /> If there is no objection, the chair may call items in any order most convenient for the dispatch of business. <br /> The meeting will end at 10:30 unless there is a majority vote of the Board to continue beyond that time. <br /> (b)Order of Business for Public Hearings <br /> 1. Opening Remarks from the Chair <br /> 2. Public Charge <br /> 3. Public Hearing Items <br /> 4. Adjournment <br /> (c) Public Charge.A public charge may be read at each meeting to set the tone for civil decorum. The <br /> public charge is placed on the agenda immediately after item 1,"Additions or Changes to the Agenda"and <br /> it shall read: <br /> `77w Board of Commissioners pledges to the residents of Orange County its respect. The Board asks <br /> its residents to conduct themselves in a,respectful,courteous manner, both with the board and with <br /> fellow citizens. At any time should any member of the Board or any resident fail to observe this <br /> public charge, the Chair will ask the offending person to leave the meeting until that individual <br /> regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until <br /> such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. All electronic devices such as <br /> cell phones,pagers,and computers should please be turned off or set to silent/vibrate." <br /> VI. Conduct of Debate <br /> Rule 11.Powers of the Chair.The chair shall preside at all meetings of the board if he or she is present. <br /> If the chair is absent, the vice-chair shall preside. If both the chair and vice-chair are absent, another <br /> member designated by vote of the present board members shall preside. A member must be recognized by <br /> the presiding officer in order to address the board.The chair shall have the following powers: <br /> 1. To rule on points of parliamentary procedure, including the right to rule out of order any motion <br /> patently offered for obstructive or dilatory purposes; <br /> 2. To determine whether a speaker has gone beyond reasonable standards of courtesy in his or her <br /> remarks and to entertain and rule on objections from other members on this ground; <br /> 3 To entertain and answer questions of parliamentary law or procedure; <br /> 4. To call a brief recess at any time; <br />