Ordinance - 1842ORDINANCE NO. 1842
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2-48 OF THE WEST
COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO TIME LIMITS ON ADDRESSING
THE COUNCIL.
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Section 2-48 of the West Covina Municipal Code is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2-48. Manner of addressing council; time limit, persons
addressing may be sworn.
Each person addressing the council shall step up to the rostrum,
shall give his or her name and address in an audible tone of voice
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council. The City Council may establish a limit on the duration of
individual oral communications and upon oral communication periods
in general. All remarks shall be addressed to the council as a body
and not to any member thereof. No person, other than the council
and the person having the floor, shall be permitted to enter into
any discussion, either directly or through a member of the council,
without the permission of the presiding officer. No question shall
be asked a councilmember except through the presiding officer. The
presiding officer may require any person to be sworn as a witness
before addressing the council on any subject. Any such person who,
having taken an oath that he or she will testify truthfully,
willfully and contrary to such oath states as true any material
matter which he knows to be false may be held to answer criminally
and subject to the penalty prescribed for perjury by the provisions
of the Penal Code of the state.
Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify of the passage of this
Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law.
PASSED and APPROVED this 23rd day of April, 1990.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1842 was duly
adopted by the City Council of West Covina at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 23rd day of April 1990, by the following vote of the
Council:
AYES: Councilmembers: McFadden, Herfert, Jennings, Manners, Tarozzi
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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