The following Rules of Decorum will be adhered to at all Jamestown Sanitary District public meetings.

PUBLIC COMMENTS
Citizens may comment on any subject within the jurisdiction of the District, including items on the Agenda. The time limit for public comment is four (4) minutes and remains at the discretion of the presiding officer and changes shall be set at the start of the meeting. Speakers must submit “Request to Speak” cards to the Secretary of the Board, and be prepared to speak when called. No speaker cards will be received after the close of the public comment portion of the meeting.
Speakers should hold comments on items listed as a public hearing until the public hearing is opened.
The District invites public comments in multiple forms. You can provide your comments by using one of these methods:
1. Email - you may email your comments to JSDistrict@mlode.com.
2. Voicemail - you can leave a voice message by dialing 209-984-5177.
3. In-Person Comments - a) Speakers must submit "request to speak cards" to the Secretary prior to the public comment portion of the Agenda. No speaker cards will be accepted after the close of public comment. b) Address only issues over which the meeting body has jurisdiction. c) The time limit for public comment is at the discretion of the presiding officer and shall be set at the start of the meeting. Donating time is not authorized. d) Your time will be displayed on the speaker podium for convenience.
All written and voicemail public comments received by the Secretary 90 minutes prior to the meeting start time will be forwarded to the meeting body members as correspondence and attached to the minutes. All comments received after that time will be forwarded as correspondence the following business day. Written and voicemail comments will not be read into the record.
BOARD MEMBERS
The Board of Directors will practice civility and decorum in their discussions and debate. Directors will value each other's time and will preserve order and decorum. A Director shall neither, by conversation or otherwise, delay or interrupt the proceedings of the Board, use personal, impertinent or slanderous remarks, nor disturb any other Director while that Director is speaking or refuse to obey the orders of the presiding officer or the Board, except as otherwise provided herein.
A) All Directors have the opportunity to speak and agree to disagree but no Director shall speak twice on any given subject unless all other Directors have been given the opportunity to speak.
B) The President of the Board has the affirmative duty to maintain order. The Board of Directors will honor the role of the President in maintaining order. If a Director believes the President is not maintaining order, the Director may move that the Vice-President enforce the rules of decorum and otherwise maintain order. If that motion receives a second and is approved by a Board majority, the Vice-President shall enforce the rules of decorum and maintain order.
C) Any Director who violates the rules repeatedly shall be sanctioned by the Board, including, but not limited to, barring the Director from further participation (other than voting) on the subject.
PERSONS ADDRESSING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Persons addressing the Board of Directors shall address their comments to the Board and shall not make personal, impertinent, unduly repetitive, slanderous or profane remarks to the Board, any member of the Board, Board staff or the general public, nor utter loud, threatening, personal or abusive language, nor engage in any other conduct that disrupts, disturbs or otherwise unreasonably impedes the orderly conduct of the Board meeting. Any person who makes such remarks, who utters loud, threatening, personal or abusive language, who is unduly repetitious or engages in extended discussion of irrelevancies, or who engages in any disorderly conduct that disrupts, disturbs or otherwise unreasonably impedes the orderly conduct of any Board meeting shall, at the discretion of the presiding officer or a majority of the Board, be barred from further audience before the Board during that meeting.
ENFORCEMENT
The rules of decorum set forth above shall be enforced in the following manner: Warning. The presiding officer shall request that a person who is breaching the rules of decorum be orderly and silent. If, after receiving a warning from the presiding officer, a person persists in disturbing the meeting, the presiding officer shall order him or her to leave the Board meeting. If such person does not remove himself or herself, the presiding officer may order any law enforcement officer who is on duty at the meeting to remove that person from the meeting.
RULES PERTAINING TO SIGNS, OBJECTS, SYMBOLIC MATERIALS, AND FIRE SAFETY DURING BOARD MEETINGS
A) Objects and symbolic materials such as signs which do not have sticks attached or otherwise create any fire or safety hazards will be allowed during Board meetings provided that they are not so large as to infringe upon the space of those in adjacent areas, and are no wider on their longest side than the audience chairs.
B) Persons with objects and symbolic materials such as signs must remain seated when displaying them except when making an oral presentation to the Board and must not raise them above shoulder level or otherwise use them to obstruct vision or passage or disturb the conduct of the Board meeting. Such materials may not be placed on or against the walls, doors or furniture or in the aisles.
C) Exits shall not be obstructed in any manner. Obstructions, including storage, shall not be placed in aisles or other exit ways. Hand carried items must be stored so that such items do not inhibit passage in aisles or other exit ways.
D) Exit ways shall not be used in any way that will present a hazardous condition.
E) Overcrowding and admittance of persons beyond the approved capacity of a place of assembly are prohibited.
F) The Fire Marshal may establish designated areas for media equipment.