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DECORUM AND ORDER - EMPLOYEES <br /> Members of the Administrative Staff and employees of the City shall observe the same <br /> rules of procedure and decorum applicable to members of the Council. The City <br /> Manager shall insure that all City employees observe such decorum. Any staff member, <br /> including the City Manager, desiring to address the Council or members of the public <br /> shall first be recognized by the Presiding Officer. All remarks shall be addressed to the <br /> Presiding Officer and not to any one individual Council Member or member of the <br /> public. <br /> DECORUM AND ORDER - PUBLIC <br /> Members of the public attending Council meetings shall observe the same rules of order <br /> and decorum applicable to the Council. Any person making impertinent and slanderous <br /> remarks or who becomes boisterous while addressing the Council or while attending the <br /> Council meeting shall be removed from the room if the Sergeant -at -Arms is so directed <br /> by the Presiding Officer, and such person may be barred from further audience before the <br /> Council. Unauthorized remarks from the audience, stamping of feet, whistles, yells, <br /> applause and similar demonstrations and outbursts shall not be permitted by the Presiding <br /> I Officer, who may direct the Sergeant -efat -Arms to remove such offenders from the room. <br /> Aggravated cases shall be prosecuted or appropriate complaint signed by the Presiding <br /> Officer. <br /> ENFORCEMENT OF DECORUM <br /> The Chief of Police or representative shall be ex- officio Sergeant -at -Arms of the Council. <br /> Fie /She shall carry out all orders and instructions given him/her by the Presiding Officer <br /> for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum in the Council Chambers. Upon <br /> instructions from the Presiding Officer, it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or <br /> Sergeant -at -Arms to eject any person from the Council Chambers <br /> or place him /her under arrest or both. <br /> As set forth in the Brown Act (Government Code Section 54957.9), in the event that any <br /> meeting is willfully interrupted by a group or groups of persons so as to render the <br /> orderly conduct of such meeting unfeasible and order cannot be restored by the removal <br /> of individuals who are willfully interrupting the meeting, the members of the Council <br /> may order the meeting room cleared and continue in session. Only matters appearing on <br /> the agenda may be considered in such a session. Representatives of the press or other <br /> news media, except those participating in the disturbance, shall be allowed to attend any <br /> session held pursuant to this section. The City Council may establish a procedure for <br /> readmitting an individual or individuals not responsible for willfully disturbing the <br /> orderly conduct of the meeting. <br /> Attendance at Council Meetings does not provide individuals or groups of individuals <br /> immunity or protection when their conduct is in violation of any other laws (California <br /> Penal Code, City of San Leandro Municipal Code, etc.) The Sergeant -at -Arms should <br /> VI -2 <br />