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(i) Any person, not a member of Council, who is disrespectful to the Council or any Committee by any disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its presence or who disrupts the exercise of any legislator's function, may be removed from the meeting at the discretion of the Chairperson. (j) Any person who does not abide by these rules may be ruled out of order by the Chairperson. 3. Video Testimony. Video statements from any member of the public shall abide by the following: ial The same rules, except for 2(b), apply to video testimony as currently apply to oral testimony contained in Paragraph 2 above. No one individual may submit video testimony for more than five people (themselves included) on any one agenda item at a Committee/Council meeting. L The submission of video testimony will only be allowed at the physical location of the Committee/Council meeting. fin The submission of video testimony must be received by Council staff by 12 noon the previous business day of the meeting in order to provide staff sufficient time to test the presentation equipment for video compatibility. Council staff shall not be held responsible for the quality of the video provided. If the video is damaged or is unable to be presented properly, the Committee/Council meeting will continue without interruption. [3}4. Nothing in this rule shall diminish the responsibility or the authority of the Chairperson to maintain order and decorum. [4] 5. Council Members shall refrain from making comments or asking questions of testifiers during statements from the public. All deliberation and discussion on an agenda item must take place after the item has been read into the record and a motion is pending on the floor. A Council Member may, however, request that a person presenting public testimony on an agenda item be available for questions during subsequent discussion. 2