3.3.5 Meetings on Holidays: When a regular meeting falls on a holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next business day or on a day to which the previous meeting was adjourned. 3.3.6 Cancellation of Meetings: Whenever reasons exist, (for example, lack of a quorum, no business for Commission consideration, or other good and valid reason), a meeting may be canceled. 3.3.7 Additional Rules and Procedures; Order of Precedence: The meetings and procedures of the Commission shall be subject to and governed by the ordinances, resolutions, and applicable policies and procedures adopted by the City Council establishing rules and regulations for commissions. If and to the extent there is a conflict between these Bylaws and the rules and regulations applicable to Commission meetings established by the City Council, the rules and regulations for Commission meetings established by the City Council shall govern.
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Meeting Procedures:
3.4.1 Duties of Presiding Officer: The Chair, or in the Chair’s absence the Vice Chair, shall be the presiding officer, and shall assume the place and duties of such office immediately following selection. The Chair shall preserve strict order and decorum at all meetings of the Commission, state questions coming before the Commission, announce its decision on all subjects and decide all questions of order, subject, however, to an appeal to the Commission as a whole, in which event a majority vote of the Commission members present shall govern and conclusively determine such question of order. The Chair shall vote on all questions, and on roll call the Chair’s name shall be called last. The seating arrangement for the Commission shall be determined by the Chair. 3.4.2 Regular Meeting Order of Business: All regular meetings shall be conducted in the order set forth in the following paragraphs. The Chair, or a majority of the Commission, may direct an agenda item to be taken out of order. 3.4.2.1. Call to Order: The meeting of the Commission shall be called to order by the Chair, in the Chair’s absence, the Vice Chair. 3.4.2.2. Roll Call: The Recording Secretary shall record the attendance. 3.4.2.3. Pledge of Allegiance: The Chair or the Chair’s designee shall lead the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.
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