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(e) Each person may speak for three minutes subject to the discretion of the <br />Chairperson. <br />(f) Each person must speak at the time of calling, unless the Chairperson determines <br />otherwise. <br />(g) No person will be allowed to speak twice on the same subject. <br />(h) Any person wishing to speak on more than one subject shall register separately <br />for each agenda item. <br />(i) Those speaking shall direct their remarks to the Chairperson and not to any <br />individual Council Member or person in the audience. <br />(j) All members of the public shall extend proper courtesy and respect to one another <br />and to all Council Members, and all persons shall be addressed by their surnames. <br />No profanity or abusive remarks will be allowed at any time in any meeting. <br />(k) Any person, not a member of Council, who is disrespectful to the Council or any <br />Committee by any disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its presence or who <br />disrupts the exercise of any legislator's function, may be removed from the <br />meeting at the discretion of the Chairperson. <br />(1) Any person who does not abide by these rules may be ruled out of order by the <br />Chairperson. <br />[4] 3. Nothing in this rule shall diminish the responsibility or the authority of the Chairperson to <br />maintain order and decorum. <br />[514. Council Members shall refrain from making comments or asking questions of testifiers <br />during statements from the public. All deliberation and discussion on an agenda item must take <br />place after the item has been read into the record and a motion is pending on the floor. A <br />Council Member may, however, request that a person presenting public testimony on an agenda <br />item be available for questions during subsequent discussion. <br />2 <br />