Ord 2074 - Amending in its entirety Section 2.20.020 to address willful interruptions of meetings and rules for conductORDINANCE 2074
ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS AMENDING
IN ITS ENTIRETY SECTION 2.20.020 TO ADDRESS WILLFUL
INTERRUPTIONS OF MEETINGS AND RULES FOR CONDUCT
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I
Section 2.20.020 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Sec. 2.20.020. Same — Interruptions and rules for conduct.
(a) Understanding that the purpose of the meetings of the Town Council is to conduct the
people's business for the benefit of all the people, in the event that any meeting of the Town Council is
willfully interrupted by a person or group of persons so as to render the orderly conduct of the meeting
impossible, the Mayor, Vice -Mayor or any other member of the Town Council acting as the chair, may order
the removal of the person or persons responsible for the disruption and bar them from further attendance at
the Council meeting, or otherwise proceed pursuant to Government Code §54957.9 or any applicable penal
statute or Town ordinance. For purposes of these rules "willfully interrupt" includes, but is not limited to,
doing any of the following after being directed by the chair to cease and being warned that continuing to do
so will be a violation of law:
(1) Addressing the Town Council without first being recognized.
(2) Persisting in addressing a subject or subjects other than that before the Town
Council.
(3) Repetitiously addressing the same subject.
(4) Continuing to speak after the allotted time has expired.
(5) Failing to relinquish the podium when directed to do so.
(6) As a speaker, interrupting or attempting to interrupt members of the Town Council
or members of the Town staff.
(7) From the audience, interrupting or attempting to interrupt, a speaker, members of the
Town Council or members of the Town staff, or shouting or attempting to shout over
a speaker, members of the Town Council or members of the Town staff, or displays
such as clapping, stamping, loud talking, hissing and booing.
(8) Violations of rules of conduct established by the Town Council.
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(b) The Town Council may establish rules for the conduct of its proceedings by resolution.
(c) Nothing in this section or any rules of conduct that may be adopted by the Town Council shall
be construed to prohibit public criticism of the policies, procedures, programs or services of the Town or
of the acts or omissions of the Town Council or Town staff.
(d) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Section 2.20.020 shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
(e) If any subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Section 2.20.020 is for any reason held
to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Section. The Town Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Section and each subsection,
sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, sections,
clauses or phrases had been declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION II
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos
on October 16, 2000 and adopted by the following vote as an Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos at a
regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on November 6, 2000. This Ordinance takes
effect 30 days after it is adopted.
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Randy Attaway, Jan Hutchins, Linda Lubeck, Joe Pirzynski,
Mayor Steve Blanton.
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
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SIGNED:
ATOS
ATTEST:
CLERK'OF THE TOWN O L S A GATOS
LOS GAT OS, CALIFORNIA
GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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