Backup Documents 04/23/2013 Item # 4 Submitted into BCC Record ,
by Court Reporter: -T. 1 UA-5
BCC Meeting Date: 4(23(t3
Agenda Item# 4
of the majority of the Board Members present.
(d)
Presiding officer, election, duties. The presiding Chairman and Vice-Chairman
shall be elected by a majority of the members of the Board of County
Commissioners and said election shall occur at the first regularly scheduled
Board meeting in January of each year. In the event that the Chairman and/or the
Vice-Chairman are not reelected as Commissioners in any given year, unless a
Special Meeting is called, the Board of County Commissioners shall elect a
Chairman and/or Vice-Chairman, as applicable, at the first regularly scheduled
Board meeting on or after the second Tuesday after the election to temporarily
serve until the first regularly scheduled Board meeting in January at which time
the scheduled election shall take place. However, the Chairman and the Vice-
Chairman shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Vice-Chairman shall
preside in the absence of the Chairman. With respect to all matters outside of
meetings (see subsection (e) below), in the absence of both the Chairman and
the Vice-Chairman, the immediate past Chairman shall act as temporary
Chairman, and if there is no immediate past Chairman, then the longest tenured
Commissioner shall so act. The Chairman shall become the presiding officer
immediately after his or her election. The Chairman shall preserve order and
decorum at all meetings. He shall state every question and announce the
decision of the commission on each item of business. The majority vote of the
members present shall determine all questions of order not otherwise covered.
The Chairman may vote on any question, his or her name being called last. The
Chairman shall sign all ordinances, resolutions and legally binding documents
adopted by the Commission during his or her presence. In his or her absence,
such ordinances, resolutions and legally binding documents shall be signed by
the presiding officer.
Sec. 2-38. - Sergeant-at-arms.
The County Sheriff, or his deputy, shall be the sergeant-at-arms at meetings of
the Board of County Commissioners and shall carry out all orders of the Chairman to
maintain order and decorum.