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e. Presentations <br />f. Public Hearings <br />g. Special issues — items referred from Council committees, referred at <br />a previous Council meeting, or approved for discussion by the Council <br />President. <br />h. Reports <br />i. Miscellaneous <br />j. Executive Session <br />k. Adjournment or Adjournment to a Special Meeting <br />4. The order of a Special Meeting agenda follows the same order of Regular <br />Meetings based on what items need to be addressed. The City Council <br />may not take action on anything not listed on a Special Meeting agenda. <br />IV. Meeting Conduct <br />A. Presiding Officer <br />1. All Regular and Special Meetings of the City Council shall be presided over <br />by the Mayor or, in the Mayor's absence, by the Mayor Pro Tempore. <br />2. If neither the Mayor nor the Mayor Pro Tempore is present at a Regular or <br />Special Meeting, the Presiding Officer for that meeting shall be appointed <br />by a majority vote of those Councilmembers present, provided there is a <br />quorum, and the appointment of a Councilmember as Mayor Pro Tempore <br />shall not abridge their right to vote on matters before the Council. <br />All Committee of the Whole meetings shall be presided over by the Council <br />President. The Council President may ask another Councilmember to fill in <br />in the event of a temporary absence. If the Council President will be absent <br />for an extended period of time (at least three meetings), the Council will <br />elect a Councilmember to serve in that capacity until the Council President <br />returns. <br />4. The Presiding Officer shall preserve strict order and decorum, state all <br />questions coming before the Council, provide opportunity for discussion on <br />each item on the table, and announce the decision of the Council on all <br />subjects. Procedural decisions made by the Presiding Officer may be <br />overruled by a majority vote of the Council. <br />B. Parliamentary Procedure <br />Questions of parliamentary procedure not covered by these Rules of <br />Procedure shall be governed by Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised <br />(latest edition). <br />412124 <br />