The President, or in the President's absence the Vice President, shall preside at all meetings of the Legislature. In case of the absence of the President and Vice President, the Legislators shall select a temporary presiding officer in the same manner as the Temporary Chairperson is selected under § 545-3. The temporary presiding officer shall serve for the period for which he/she was elected or until the President or, in the President's absence, the Vice President returns and is able to serve as presiding officer of the Legislature.
The presiding officer shall possess the following powers and perform the following duties:
A. 
Preserve order and decorum.
B. 
Decide all questions of order, subject to appeal to the Legislature as described as § 545-17F.
C. 
May substitute any Legislator to act temporarily as presiding officer.
A. 
In addition to the powers and duties set forth in § C2-4 of the Monroe County Charter, the President shall have the following powers and perform the following duties:
(1) 
To appoint the members and chairpersons of all standing committees of the Legislature, to serve at the President's pleasure and to fill all vacancies occurring in such committees, except that the President shall accept the recommendations of the Minority Leader for the appointments of Ranking Minority Member and Minority Members for each of the standing committees.
[Amended 5-15-1990 by Res. No. 296-1990]
(2) 
The President shall be a member ex officio of all committees of the Legislature and shall have the right, but not the duty, to vote on all propositions before such committees.
B. 
The President shall have an office appropriate to the position in the Monroe County Office Building.