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7. Unfinished Business 8. New business 9. Mayor Comments 10. Liaison Reports 11. Council Comments (by roll call) 12. Adjournment SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall keep a journal of its proceedings in the manner as other legislative bodies. The yeas and nays shall be taken and entered upon the journal on any by-law, motion, ordinance or resolution. SECTION 6. Procedural rules: A. All proposed ordinances or resolutions may be offered to the City Council by one of its members or Mayor. B. The Batesville City Council may, by a two-thirds vote of the Council, waive the readings of a proposed resolution or ordinance in its entirety, provided, however, that the proposed resolution or ordinance be fully and distinctly explained. C. That the City Council shall not pass or consider at the next regular meeting any resolution, ordinance, petition, contract, lease, appointment or any other matters, filed with the City Clerk after 12:00 Noon, on Tuesday, preceding the meeting. This provision may be waived by a two-thirds vote of the entire Council. D. Items placed on an agenda shall be considered in the order in which they are placed on the agenda unless two-thirds of the City Council present shall vote to consider an item elsewhere. E. Parliamentary procedure provides for a more efficient and effective procedure for a City Council and has long been accepted as a standard authority for municipalities in conducting council meetings and shall be used as provided in the Arkansas Municipal League Procedural Rules booklet. F. A citizen wishing to address the City Council on a particular issue either under order of business No. 6, comments from citizens, order No. 7, unfinished business, or order No. 8, new business, shall have the right to do so not to exceed three (3) minutes in length. The Mayor shall recognize any citizen wishing to address the Council pursuant to this section. The City Clerk shall keep the citizen's time and shall notify the Mayor when the citizen's time has expired. SECTION 7. Any person who shall disrupt or interfere with a meeting of the Council or creates a disturbance in such meeting may be charged with such offense, and if convicted, shall be punished in accordance with the laws of the state.