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EXHIBIT A <br />RULE NO. 4 <br />OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES <br />Officers. The officers of the Council shall consist of the Chairperson and Vice <br />Chairperson who shall perform the duties prescribed by law and these rules. Each shall be <br />elected by a majority vote of the entire membership of the Council and serve at its pleasure. Any <br />vacancy shall be filled in like manner. <br />2. Presiding Officer. The Chairperson of the Council shall be the Presiding Officer of the <br />Council and have the right to vote as other members. In the absence or disability of the <br />Chairperson, the Vice Chairperson shall act as the Presiding Officer. In the absence or disability <br />of both the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson, the Council shall elect from among its members a <br />temporary presiding officer and the Finance Committee Chairperson shall serve as the <br />Chairperson Pro Tempore for purposes of presiding over the election. <br />It shall be the duty of the Chairperson to: <br />(a) Open all meetings of the Council at the appointed hour by taking the chair and <br />calling the Council to order. <br />(b) Call for the approval of the minutes of the preceding meeting. <br />(c) Maintain order and proper decorum and reasonably administer the receipt of oral <br />and written testimony in accordance with these rules. The Chairperson shall not <br />engage in debate or discussion of any issue unless first relinquishing the chair to <br />the Vice Chairperson. <br />(d) Announce the business before the Council in the order prescribed by these rules <br />and the results of any Council vote. <br />(e) Sign all documents and authenticate all official acts of the Council as required. <br />(f) Receive all reports, communications, bills, resolutions, and other items from the <br />public, the Mayor, various departments of the government, and individual Council <br />Members, and [immediatel� ] make the proper referrals of these matters to the <br />Council or to the appropriate Committee Chairperson(s)[.] as the Council <br />Chairperson deems necessary. Should the Council Chairperson determine that a <br />non -legislative matter (e.g., reports and communications) will not be referred to a <br />Committee or the Council, the Council Chairperson shall notify the sender of the <br />matter and provide a brief explanation as to why the request for referral has been <br />