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Rules Of The Board
Chapter III
Election, Powers, And Duties Of The Mayor And Mayor Pro Tem
Section 7. ELECTION OF THE MAYOR PRO TEM. At noon on the first Monday in December, in the even-numbered years, the Chair Pro Tem shall automatically succeed to the position of Chair to serve until the election or succession of his/her successor; in the event there is no Chair Pro Tem, the Board shall elect a Mayor/Chair to serve for the said period.
If the term of the Mayor/Chair expires in an odd-numbered year, the succession or election as provided herein of the new Mayor/Chair shall take place at 9:30 a.m. the first Tuesday following the first Monday in December.
Upon the succession of the Chair Pro Tem to the position of Mayor/Chair, the Board shall elect a Chair Pro Tem to serve for the same period as the Mayor/Chair.
Section 8. PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mayor/Chair, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall take the chair at the hour appointed for every Board meeting and shall immediately call the members to order and, except in the absence of a quorum, shall proceed with the business of the Board in the manner prescribed by these rules.
Section 9. DUTIES AND POWERS OF MAYOR. The Mayor/Chair shall possess the powers, and perform the duties prescribed, as follows:
- Have general direction over the Board Room and assign seats for the use of the members;
- Preserve order and decorum; prevent demonstrations; order removed from the Board Room any person whose conduct he/she deems objectionable; and order the Board Room cleared whenever he/she shall deem it necessary (Government Code Section 54957.9, see Appendix);
- Assure that attendants of the public at meetings in the Board Room shall be limited to that number which can be accommodated by the seating facilities regularly maintained therein. No standees shall be permitted;
- Allocate the length of time for public discussion of any matter in advance of such discussion, with the concurrence of the Board;
- Allocate equal time to opposing sides insofar as possible taking into account the number of persons requesting to be heard on any side;
- Limit the amount of time that a person may address the Board during a public discussion period in order to accommodate those persons desiring to speak and to facilitate the business of the Board;
- Authorize not more than one Set Matter per Board meeting. Any additional Set Matters shall require Board action; and
- Instruct a member of the public who wishes to address the Board on a matter under the supervision of the Department of Children and Family Services that such matter is not within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board, that it is not within the power of the Board to alter the outcome of a court matter, and that case identifying information is confidential and may not be disclosed in public; bar public disclosure of such information; and direct the person to Section 38 which outlines the alternate procedure to be followed.
Section 10. REMOVAL FROM BOARD ROOM. At the discretion of the Mayor/Chair or upon vote of the Board, the Mayor/Chair may order removed from the Board Room any person who commits the following acts of disruptive conduct in respect to a regular, adjourned regular or special meeting of the Board of Supervisors:
- Disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior toward the Board or any member thereof, tending to interrupt the due and orderly course of said meeting;
- A breach of the peace, boisterous conduct or violent disturbance, tending to interrupt the due and orderly course of said meeting;
- Disobedience of any lawful order of the Mayor/Chair, which shall include an order to be seated or to refrain from addressing the Board; and
- Any other unlawful interference with the due and orderly course of said meeting; and
Any person so removed shall be excluded from further attendance at the meeting from which he/she has been removed, unless permission to attend is granted upon motion adopted by a majority vote of the Board, and such exclusion shall be executed by the Sergeant-at-Arms upon being so directed by the Mayor/Chair.
- In addition, any person so removed on the basis of disruptive conduct described above may not be allowed to address the Board for up to a maximum of ninety (90) days. The period of prohibition from addressing the Board will be determined by the Board Mayor/Chair, or the Board upon a vote, based on the number and severity of prior incidents of disruptive conduct.
Section 11. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. The Sergeant-at-Arms, who shall be a Deputy Sheriff, in attendance at the meeting or whose services are commanded by the Mayor/Chair, shall carry out all orders and instructions given by the Mayor/Chair for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum at the meeting. (Government Code Section 25206, see Appendix)
Section 12. MAYOR PRO TEM. In the absence of, or inability to act of, both the Mayor/Chair and the Chair Pro Tem, the members of the Board present shall by an order entered on the minutes select one of their members to act as Chair Pro Tem. The Chair Pro Tem shall have all of the powers and duties of the Mayor/Chair during the absences.
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