Agenda - 12-13-2016 - 6-b - BOCC Rules of Procedure Revision

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17 18 sioner) 13. Information Items 14. Closed Session 15. Adjournment If there is no objection, the chair may call items in any order most convenient for the dispatch of business. The meeting will end at 10:30 p.m. unless there is a majority vote of the Board to continue beyond that time. (b) Order of Business for Public Hearings 1. Opening Remarks from the Chair 2. Public Charge 3. Public Hearing Items 4. Adjournment (c) Public Charge. A public charge may be read at each meeting to set the tone for civil decorum. The public charge is placed on the agenda immediately after item 1, "Additions or Changes to the Agenda" and it shall read: "The Board of Commissioners pledges to the residents of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its residents to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the board and with fellow citizens. At any time should any member of the Board or any resident fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will ask the offending person to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commit- ment to this public charge is observed. All electronic de- vices such as cell phones, pagers, and computers should please be turned off or set to silent/vibrate." VI. Conduct of Debate Rule 11. Powers of the Chair. The chair shall preside at all meetings of the board if he or she is present. If the chair is absent, the vice-chair shall preside. If both the chair and vice-chair are absent, another member designated by vote of the present board members shall preside. A member must be recognized by the presiding officer in order to address the board. The chair shall have the following powers: