Members of the Penns Grove governing body shall observe order
and decorum during Borough Council meetings. A member of the governing
body shall neither, by conversation or otherwise, delay or interrupt
the proceedings of the Council nor disturb any member while speaking
nor refuse to obey the orders of the officer presiding over the meeting.
Council members shall inform the officer presiding over the meeting
before leaving their seats during a Council meeting.
Members of the Borough staff shall observe the same rules of order and decorum applicable to the governing body in §
92-1 above.
Any person(s) making personal, defamatory or profane remarks
or who willfully utters loud, threatening or abusive language or engages
in any disorderly conduct which disturbs or disrupts the orderly conduct
of any meeting shall be called to order by the officer presiding over
the meeting. If such conduct continues, the officer presiding over
the meeting, at his discretion, may order such person removed from
that meeting.
Persons addressing governing body shall be allowed a maximum
of three minutes for their presentations and may comment on any governmental
issue that a member of the public feels may be of concern to the residents
of the community.
No person in the audience shall engage in disorderly conduct
such as hand clapping, stamping of feet, whistling, using profane
language, shouting or other similar demonstrations which may disturb
the peace and order of the meeting.
All persons shall, at the request of the officer presiding over
the meeting, be silent. If, after receiving a warning, a person persists
in disturbing the meeting, the officer presiding over the meeting
may order that person to leave the meeting. If he does not remove
himself, the officer presiding over the meeting may remove him.
Any person who resists removal shall be charged with violating
N.J.S.A. 2C:33-8, Disrupting meetings and processions.
The governing body will permit the videotaping of meetings provided
the following guidelines are complied with:
A. All videotaping is to be conducted from designated locations.
B. All video cameras must be privately owned and have self-contained
recording devices with built-in lighting and power sources.
C. A person shall not operate more than one video camera at a time.
Borough Council meetings shall be conducted pursuant to Robert's
Rules of Order.