§ 2-54. Conduct of meetings generally; salaries of trustees.

(a)

Duties of the presiding officer. The presiding officer shall preserve order and decorum and may speak to points of order in preference to other members, and shall decide all questions of order subject to appeal. If he refuses to allow the trustees to exercise their right to appeal the decision of the chair, the trustees may consider and pass upon the matter in spite of the chair's failure to grant them an appeal. In case of any disturbances or disorderly conduct, the presiding officer shall have the power to require the chamber to be cleared.

(b)

Duties of members. While the presiding officer is putting the question, no member shall walk across or out of the board chamber. Every member, previous to his speaking, making a motion or seconding the same, shall address himself to the presiding officer and say "Mr. president," and shall not proceed with his remarks until recognized and named by the chair. He shall confine himself to the question under debate, avoiding personalities and refraining from impugning the motives of any other member's argument or vote. When two or more members address the chair at the same time, the presiding officer shall name the member who is first to speak. The trustees may by two-thirds vote expel a trustee for disorderly conduct. Such trustee may not be expelled a second time for the same offense.

(c)

Visitors. Except during the time allowed for public discussion and comment, no person other than a member of the board shall address that body, except with the consent of two of the members present.

(d)

Presentation of new business and deferment. When a member wishes to present a communication, petition, order, resolution, ordinance or other original matter, he shall send it to the desk of the clerk who shall read such matter when reached in its proper order. Upon the request of any two trustees or the president, any report of a committee of the board of trustees shall be deferred (for final action thereon) to the next regular meeting of the board of trustees after the report is made.

(e)

Debate. No member shall speak more than once on the same question, except by unanimous consent, and then not until every other member desiring to speak shall have had an opportunity to do so; provided however, that the proponent of the matter under consideration or the chair of the committee whose report is under consideration as the case may be, shall have the right to open and close debate. No member shall speak longer than ten minutes at any one time, except by consent of the board of trustees; and in closing debate on any question, as provided in this subsection, the speaker shall be limited to five minutes, except by special consent of the board of trustees. While a member is speaking, no member shall hold any private discussion or pass between the speaker and chair.

(f)

Salaries of trustees. The salary of each trustee of the village board of trustees shall be $45.00 for each meeting, which shall be payable for each regular, special or committee meeting of the village board actually attended by each trustee.

(Code 1975, § 2-53; Ord. of 2-3-1975; Ord. of 7-18-1994, § 1)

State law reference

Compensation of municipal officers, 65 ILCS 5/3.1-50-5 et seq.