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The Council will hear brief comments from Citizens during this <br /> period. All comments will be limited to 3 minutes. No Action will be <br /> taken from the Council. All comments will be taken under <br /> advisement. <br /> 5. Routine Business <br /> • Approval of minutes of the previous meeting <br /> • Reports of Boards and Standing Committees <br /> • Reports of Special Select Committees <br /> • Special Orders <br /> 6. Unfinished Business <br /> 7. New Business <br /> 8. Comments from Department Heads <br /> 9. Comments from Council Members <br /> 10. Comments from City Attorney <br /> 11. Comments from Mayor <br /> 12. Adjournment <br /> SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall keep a journal of its proceedings in the <br /> manner as other legislative bodies. The yeas and nays shall be taken and entered upon the <br /> journal on any by-law, motion, ordinance or resolution. <br /> SECTION 6. Procedural rules: <br /> A. All proposed ordinances or resolutions may be offered to the City <br /> Council by one of its members or Mayor. <br /> B. The Batesville City Council may,by a two-thirds vote of the Council, <br /> waive the readings of a proposed ordinance in its entirety,provided, <br /> however, that the proposed ordinance be fully and distinctly explained. <br /> C. That the City Council shall not pass or consider at the next regular <br /> meeting any resolution, ordinance, petition, contract, lease, <br /> appointment or any other matters, filed with the City Clerk after 12:00 <br /> Noon, on Friday, preceding the meeting. This provision may be <br /> waived by a two-thirds vote of the entire Council. <br /> D. Items placed on an agenda shall be considered in the order in which <br /> they are placed on the agenda unless two-thirds of the City Council <br /> present shall vote to consider an item elsewhere. <br /> E. Parliamentary procedure provides for a more efficient and effective <br /> procedure for a City Council and has long been accepted as a standard <br /> authority for municipalities in conducting council meetings and shall <br /> be used as provided in the Arkansas Municipal League Procedural <br /> Rules booklet. <br /> F. A citizen wishing to address the City Council on a particular issue <br /> either under order of business No. 4, comments from citizens, order <br /> No. 6, unfinished business, or under order No. 7, new business, shall <br /> have the right to do so not to exceed three (3) minutes in length. The <br /> Chairman shall recognize any citizen wishing to address the Council <br />