[Adopted 5-7-1960 as Ch. 1 of the 1960 Code]
The business of the Village Board shall be conducted in the
following order:
A. Call to order by presiding officer.
B. Roll call. (If a quorum is not present, the meeting shall thereupon
adjourn, which may be to a specified date.)
C. Reading, correction and approval of minutes of previous meeting.
E. Unfinished business from previous meeting.
F. New business, including introduction of ordinances and resolutions.
G. Reports of Village officers.
H. Communications and miscellaneous business.
Ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, communications and other matters
submitted to the Board shall be read by title and author and referred
to the appropriate committee by the President. No ordinance, resolution
or bylaw shall be considered unless presented in writing by a Trustee.
Unless requested by a Trustee before final vote is taken, no ordinance,
resolution or bylaw need to read in full.
The deliberations of the Board shall be conducted in accordance
with the parliamentary rules contained in Robert's Rules of Order
Revised (1951), which is hereby incorporated in this section by reference.
No person other than a member shall address the Board except by majority
vote of the members present. No ordinance, resolution or other motion
shall be discussed or acted upon unless it has been seconded. No motion
shall be withdrawn or amended without the consent of the person making
the same and the person seconding it.
These rules or any part thereof may be temporarily suspended
in connection with any matter under consideration by a recorded vote
of 2/3 of the members present.