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DECORUM AND ORDER - EMPLOYEES Members of the Administrative Staff and employees of the City shall observe the same rules of procedure and decorum applicable to members of the Council. The City Manager shall insure that all City employees observe such decorum. Any staff member, including the City Manager, desiring to address the Council or members of the public shall first be recognized by the Presiding Officer. All remarks shall be addressed to the Presiding Officer and not to any one individual Council Member or member of the public. DECORUM AND ORDER - PUBLIC Members of the public attending Council meetings shall observe the same rules of order and decorum applicable to the Council. Any person making impertinent and slanderous remarks or who become boisterous while addressing the Council or while attending the Council meeting shall be removed from the room if the Sergeant -at -Arms is so directed by the Presiding Officer, and such person may be barred from further audience before the Council. Unauthorized remarks from the audience, stamping of feet, whistles, yells, applause and similar demonstrations and outbursts shall not be permitted by the Presiding Officer, who may direct the Sergeant -of -Arms to remove such offenders from the room. Aggravated cases shall be prosecuted or appropriate complaint signed by the Presiding Officer. ENFORCEMENT OF DECORUM The Chief of Police or representative shall be ex-officio Sergeant -at -Arms of the Council. He/She shall carry out all orders and instructions given him/her by the Presiding Officer for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum in the Council Chambers. Upon instructions from the Presiding Officer, it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or his/her representative to eject any person from the Council Chambers or place him/her under arrest or both. As set forth in the Brown Act (Government Code Section 54957.9), in the event that any meeting is willfully interrupted by a group or groups of persons so as to render the orderly conduct of such meeting unfeasible and order cannot be restored by the removal of individuals who are willfully interrupting the meeting, the members of the Council may order the meeting room cleared and continue in session. Only matters appearing on the agenda may be considered in such a session. Representatives of the press or other news media, except those participating in the disturbance, shall be allowed to attend any session held pursuant to this section. The City Council may establish a procedure for readmitting an individual or individuals not responsible for willfully disturbing the orderly conduct of the meeting. Attendance at Council Meetings does not provide individuals or groups of individuals immunity or protection when their conduct is in violation of any other laws (California Penal Code, City of San Leandro Municipal Code, etc.) The Sergeant -at -Arms should 61 VI- 2