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The use of telephonic participation would not apply to this committee until such accommodations have been made to comply with <br /> Section . As such, any reference or any action required to be considered by a specific Council subcommittee (Budget, Real <br /> Estate, etc) in any ordinance, resolution or elsewhere, will be deemed to have been satisfied by virtue of being considered under G <br /> and/or Except for emergency ordinances, Council should not undertake any action on any matter not on the published agenda. <br /> NEW SECTION: REMARKS AND DEBATES. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE <br /> A. Speaking to a Motion. No member of the Council shall speak more than twice on the same motion except by consent of the <br /> majority of the Council members present at the time the motion is before Council. After the motion is put and before the next item <br /> is read, a member shall be able to speak briefly to the previous motion. <br /> B. Questioning. Any member of the Council shall have the right to question any individual, including members of the staff, on <br /> matters germane to the issue properly before the Council. <br /> C .Interruption. No member of the Council shall interrupt or argue with any other member while such member has the floor. <br /> D. Courtesy. Members of the Council, in the discussion, comments, or debate of any matter or issue, shall be courteous in their <br /> language and deportment and shall not engage in contemptuous or disorderly behavior, or discuss or comment on personalities, <br /> or indulge in derogatory remarks or insinuations in respect to any other member of the Council, or any member of the staff or the <br /> public, but shall at all times confine their remarks to those facts which are germane and relevant, as determined by the presiding <br /> officer, to the question or the discussion. <br /> E. Transgression. The Council has power under state law to impose punishment on its members, short of removal of office, for <br /> violation of state law or Council rules. If a member of the Council shall transgress these rules, the presiding officer shall call such <br /> member to order, in which case such member shall be silent except to explain or continue in order. If the presiding officer shall <br /> transgress these rules or fail to call such member to order, any other member of Council may, under point of order, call the <br /> presiding officer or such other member to order, in which case the presiding officer or such member, as the case may be, shall be <br /> silent except to explain or continue in order. Additional consequences may include a verbal admonition, written reprimand, <br /> censure, expulsion from the meeting at which the conduct is occurring, removal of the Council member from the Council <br /> committee chair positions or committee memberships, or removal of intergovernmental duties. Expulsion for such behavior in the <br /> Council's presence shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the Council, specifying in the order of expulsion the cause <br /> thereof. <br /> F. Challenge to Ruling. Any member of the Council shall have the right to challenge any action or ruling of the presiding officer. <br /> The decision of the majority of the members of the Council present, including the presiding officer, shall govern. <br /> G. Mayor. The Mayor shall have the right to enter into a discussion of any matter before the City Council. <br />