O73-17 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BE~C~{,
FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE MAIb~TENANCE OF
ORDER ASID DECORUM AT ~ITY COUNCIL MEETINGS;
PROVIDING FOR AUTHORITY TO CODIFM, SAVINGS
CLAUSE, REPEALING PROVISIONS, AN EFFECTIVE
DATE AND FOR 0TPtER PURPOSES.
W~REAS,,. the City Council of the City of Boynton Beach, Florid~
deems it necessary ~nd advisable to provide for rules of govern-
ment for the purpese of maintaining order and decorum at the
regular and special meetings, and to provide for a sergeant-at-
arms for such purposes;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACh, FLORIDA:
section 1: The Chief of Police or such member or members of
the police department as he may designate shall be sergeant-at-
arms at the regular and special meetings of the City Council. 5e
or they shall carry out orders and instructions given by the
pres,iding officer or by a majority of the City Council present
for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum at the City
Council meetings. While the City Council meeting is in session,
the members of the public shall not, by conversation or otherwise,
delay or interrupt the proceedings nor the peace of the meeting
and shall obey all orders of the City Council or its presiding
officer, except as otherwise herein provided. The presiding
officer shall preserve strict order and decorum at all meetings.
Any person making personal, impertinent or slanderous remarks or
who becomes boisterous while addressing the City Council or while
attending the City Council meetings shall be removed from the
meeting room if the sergeant-at-arms
siding officer, and such pe~sen shall
audience before the City Council at such' meeting.
is so directed by the pre-
be barred from further
Unauthorized
remarks .from the audience,
and similar demonstrations
siding officer,
such offenders
stamping of feet, whistles, yells
shall not be permitted by the pre-
who shall direct the sergeant-at-arms to remove
from the meeting room. Upon instructions of the
presiding officer or a majority of the
it shall be the
officers present
City Council present,
duty of the sergeant-at-arms or any of the police
to place any person who violates the order and
decorum of the meetings under-arrest and to cause such
to be prosecuted unde~ the provisions of the
of B0ynton Beach, the complaint to be slgned
p~rson
Code of the City
by the presiding
officer. In case the presiding officer shall fail to act, any
member of the City Council may move to requzre the presiding
officer to act to enforce the ~ules, and the affirmative vote
of the majority of the City Council shall require the presiding
officer to acT.
Section 2: Authority to Codify: Specific authority is
hereby granted to codify and incorporate this Ordinance in
the City's existing Code.
S~ction 3: Separability: Each of the provisions of this
Ordinance are separable, including word, clause, phrase or
sentence, and if any portion thereof shall be declared
invalid, the remaining portion shall not he affected but shall
remain in full force and effect.
Section 4: Repealinq Provisions:~ All ordinances os parts
of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 5: An Effective 'Date: This Ordinance shall become
effective in the manner and at the time provided in the
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Cha~ter'and Ordinances of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida.
First reading this 15th day of May, 1973.
Second, final reading and passage this day of
1973.
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
Mayor
/Vice Mayor
ATTEST:
~ dity Clerk
Councilman
Councilman
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