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City attorney urges council to use points of order, avoid substantive responses during public comment
Summary
The city attorney reviewed council rules of procedure, emphasizing the mayors role as presiding officer, the attorney as parliamentarian, the availability of points of order, restrictions on council responses during public comment under open-meeting law, and the duty to vote; the session was a non-decisional refresher.
The city attorney gave Fernley councilmembers a refresher on rules of procedure and underused tools designed to keep meetings orderly and legally compliant.
Aaron Morson (city attorney) told the council the presiding officer (the mayor) enforces decorum, the city attorney serves as parliamentarian, and any council member may call a "point of order" to ask the attorney for an interpretation during a meeting. He encouraged…
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