The assembly shall elect from among its members a presiding officer and a deputy presiding officer to serve at the pleasure of the members. The election of the presiding officer and the deputy presiding officer shall be held annually at the first regular meeting following certification of election. If the presiding officer is not present, or if the presiding officer is personally disqualified, the deputy presiding officer shall preside. The presiding officer shall preserve order among the assembly members, and is responsible for conducting all meetings according to the rules of the assembly. He/she may at any time make such rules as he considers proper to preserve order among the attending public in the borough assembly room during sessions of the assembly. In the temporary absence or disability of the presiding officer and deputy presiding officer, any member of the assembly may call the assembly to order at any duly called meeting to elect a presiding officer "pro tem" from among its number and the presiding officer "pro tem" shall exercise all the powers of the presiding officer during such temporary absence or disability of the presiding officer and may also vote.
(Code 1989 § 8-1)
At every regular meeting of the assembly the order of business shall be as follows:
A. 
Call to order.
B. 
Roll call.
C. 
Public comments.
D. 
Approval of agenda.
E. 
Communication and appearance requests.
F. 
Minutes of previous meetings.
G. 
Reports (may include: financial, mayor, school district, commission, board, committee, and/or other).
H. 
Ordinances for introduction.
I. 
Ordinances for consideration and/or approval.
J. 
Resolutions.
K. 
Other business.
L. 
Assembly comments.
M. 
Time and place of next meeting.
N. 
Adjournment.
(Code 1989 § 8-2; Ord. 97-05 § 2; Ord. 99-06 § 2; Ord. 03-01 § 2; Ord. 23-15 § 3)
Minutes of all regular and special meetings shall be taken. All minutes shall be kept in the journal of the proceedings of the assembly. The minutes are public records and are to be made available to anyone upon request. The cost of copying may be charged. Minutes shall be published as soon as approved.
(Code 1989 § 8-3)
An assembly member about to speak shall respectfully address the presiding officer, and shall not commence to speak until recognized by the presiding officer. When two or more members request to speak at the same time, the presiding officer shall determine which one is recognized. Every member while speaking shall confine himself to the subject under debate, and shall not refer to any other member of the assembly except in a respectful manner. Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, or the current edition, governs the conduct of assembly meetings to the extent this chapter does not provide otherwise.
(Code 1989 § 8-4; Ord. 92-15 § 2; Ord. 04-02 § 2)
After a motion is seconded and stated or read by the presiding officer, it shall be considered to be in the possession of the assembly and shall be disposed of by vote. The assembly member making the motion may withdraw it at any time before the vote, if the second agrees.
(Code 1989 § 8-6)
A. 
Four assembly members constitute a quorum. Four affirmative votes are required for passage of an ordinance, resolution, motion involving legal action or assembly approval of a contract. When a roll call vote is taken it will be done by means of a random vote.
B. 
All assembly members present shall vote on every question, unless required to abstain from voting on a question by law. The final vote on each ordinance, resolution, or substantive motion shall be recorded "yes" or "no," except that if the vote is unanimous it may be recorded "unanimous." The presiding officer shall declare the result of all votes.
(Code 1989 § 8-9; Ord. 96-03 § 2; Ord. 23-16 § 3)
The borough clerk shall give notice of borough assembly meetings, shall attend all meetings of the assembly and keep the journal of its proceedings, shall authenticate by his/her signature and record in full in a book or file kept for that purpose all ordinances and resolutions duly indexed and open to public inspection. In case of the temporary absence of the borough clerk, the assembly may appoint a temporary clerk, with all the powers, duties, and obligations of the borough clerk.
(Code 1989 § 8-10)
A. 
Rules Applicable to Public Hearing, Public Comments and Assembly Comments.
1. 
No person shall speak during an assembly meeting until that person is recognized by the presiding officer. Upon recognition, that person shall position himself or herself as directed by the presiding officer and shall state his or her full name, spelling the last name, and stating their physical address.
2. 
Each person's comments shall be limited to three minutes unless a different time is designated by the presiding officer. A person who has previously spoken may not speak again unless all other persons desiring to speak have been heard and meeting time schedule allows. A person speaking a second time may only do so for one minute, unless the presiding officer designates a different time.
3. 
The presiding officer may alter the times specified in this section, so long as the alteration does not unreasonably deny any person an opportunity to speak and the meeting time permits.
4. 
All persons shall immediately cease speaking when notified by the presiding officer that the allotted time has expired.
5. 
Citizens giving testimony may ask questions of the assembly members or the mayor during their testimony. The presiding officer may request an answer to a factual question from a citizen asked during the three minutes of testimony, should the question and answer be useful to the item at issue or desirable for public understanding of the issue. Assembly members or the mayor may ask questions of citizens giving testimony. Assembly members shall refrain from using question formats that engage in argumentative discussion. All questions and answers shall be directed through the presiding officer. The time allotted to a citizen for public testimony shall be extended automatically to provide additional time which is reasonably sufficient to answer all questions posed by the assembly members and the mayor.
6. 
All writings, photographs, plats, maps or other items presented by a citizen during public testimony for consideration by the assembly shall be retained by the clerk and affixed with the records of the meeting.
7. 
Citizens may present written testimony by filing said testimony with the clerk at or before the time scheduled for public hearing on the item or the time scheduled for citizens' comments if the item is not scheduled for public hearing.
8. 
Citizens, acting alone or with a group, shall not disrupt an assembly meeting.
(Ord. 07-17 § 2)