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RULES OF ORDER (CURRENT) Mounds View City Code, Section 105.04, (pursuant to Charter Section 3.03): Subd. 4 Rules of Order: a. Presiding Officer: The Mayor or, in his absence, the Acting Mayor shall preside at Council meetings, preserve order and decorum and decide questions of order. The Mayor's duties under this subdivision shall be in addition to his duties, rights and privileges as a Councilmember. b. Special Rules: The following special rules shall be applied: (1) A member may be excused from voting in the case of conflict of interest on a matter before the Council only with the unanimous consent of the other members present. (2)A motion before the Council shall be reduced to writing by the Clerk-Administrator at the request of any Councilmember. (3) Such other special rules may be adopted and included in this subdivision as the Council, from time to time, deems necessary. c. General Rules: In all other matters of parliamentary procedure, the Council shall be governed by the latest printed edition of'Robert's Rules of Order.' d. Suspension of Rules: The operation and effect of any rule established or followed pursuant to this Section may be suspended upon the unanimous vote of the Council." Robert's Rules of Order, Revised, Section 7 "Debate": "Speakers must address their remarks to the presiding officer, be courteous in their language and deportment, and avoid all personalties, never alluding to the officers or other members by name, where possible to avoid it, nor to the motives of members." Section 43 "Decorum in Debate": "In debate a member must confine himself to the question before the assembly, and avoid personalities. . . . It is not allowable to arraign the motives of a member, but the nature or consequences of a measure may be condemned in strong terms. It is not the man, but the measure, that is the subject of debate." 1