HomeMy Public PortalAbout1992-27 Adopting rules for Board of Trustees meetingsRESOLUTION No. 00`-
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY
BISCAYNE, FLORIDA; ADOPTING SPECIAL RULES OF ORDER FOR
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees has met in a planning workshop
to consider and review established procedures for the conduct of
the meetings of the Board of Trustees, and
WHEREAS,_the Board reached a consensus as a result of that
workshop;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA,
as follows:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Trustees hereby adopts the
following rules of procedures in order to complete the Business on
the Agenda in a timely and constructive manner,
A. The Manager's and Attorney's reports should be heard early on
in the Agenda, prior to other business that might consume much
of the time in the earlier part of the meeting.
B. Approval of the minutes should be dispensed with by consent
with the Chair announcing "if there are no objections, the
minutes will be approved as submitted."
C. Rules of Order - special rules:
I
Motions should be clear and concise, perhaps written and
given to the clerk for accuracy and clarification for the
Board when voting.
II. Motions should be seconded prior to any discussion on the
motion.
III. The Chair should call on the maker of the motion, once
seconded, for elaboration (if any) prior to calling upon any
other member of the Board or the public.
IV. Voice votes should be used (Those in favor signify by saying
"Yes" those opposed say "No") unless a "Roll -Call" vote is
requested by any member.
V. Roll -Call votes should be called on a rotation basis starting
from one side of the table to the other, each subsequent vote
will be called starting with the next member from the first
member called (i.e.: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7; then 2,3,4,5,6,7,1,; then
3,4,5,6,7,1,2,etc...) The Mayor should not always be the last
to vote.
D. Public Participation:
I
Speakers will be allowed 2 minutes to state their
approval/objection of a particular issue. More time would
be alloted for complicated issues that demand more time for
discussion from the residents.
II. The Clerk will call time upon completion of the two minute
allotment, no buzzer will be used.
III. No speaker may yield part of his time to another person -
time is not transferable.
SECTION 2. Severability The provisions of this Resolution
are declared to be severable and if any section, sentence, clause
or phrase of this Resolution shall for any reason be held to be
invalid or unconstitutional, such decisions shall not affect the
validity of the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases
of this Resolution but they shall remain in effect, it being the
legislative intent that this Resolution shall stand notwithstanding
the invalidity of any part.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE This Resolution shall be
effective upon adoption.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this
VILLAGE CLERK
Approved as to Legal Sufficiency:
VILLA E ATTORNEY
day of June 1992.
Rafael #i. Conte, Mayor