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If the Mayor is unavailable, the request should be made to the City Manager or the Manager’s designated staff member. A request to postpone may be made for either a work session item or a vote on an agenda item. The request to postpone shall be honored unless a majority of councilors present determines that the matter needs to be acted upon at that meeting. 6. 6.01 While the City Code governs appointments to certain committees, the code grants broad general powers to the Mayor and CityCouncil to create subcommittees or special ad hoc committees of the Council. The Mayor shall nominate and the Council shall appoint the members of any committee established by the Council unless a different procedure is specified at the time the committee is established. The charge to the committee shall be clearly stated at the time the committee is established, and the committee shalldisband when its work is complete. Committees may be composed of councilors, interested citizens or both. 6.02 There is one standing committee of the Council: Intergovernmental Relations Committee. 6.03 There are sevenstanding advisory bodies to the City Council. These are created in the Eugene Code and Charter and exist to provide advice on policy matters. Theyare: 1) Budget Committee; 2) Planning Commission; 3) Police Commission; 4)Human Rights Commission; 5) Sustainability Commission; 6) Civilian Review Board; and 7) Toxics Board. 7. 7.01 Conduct at CityCouncil meetings and committee meetings is governed by Robert’s Rules of Order, Revised. The Council has the obligation to be clear and simple in its procedures and in its consideration of the questions coming before it. Council members shall avoid invoking the finer points of parliamentary rules which may serve only to obscure the issues. 7.02 The presiding officer shall be responsible for ensuring order and decorum are maintained. Behavior or actions that are unreasonably loud or disruptive shall be cause for removal from Council meetings. This includes engaging in violent or distracting action, making loud or disruptive noise or using similar language, and refusing to obey an order of the presiding officer. Council members speak only for themselves and shall be open, direct and candid. They work to keep discussion moving and call for a “process check” if the discussion becomes bogged down. Time limits may be set on topics.When councilors speak to each other during public meetings, last names shall be used during regular meetings, butfirst names may be used during work sessions. The Mayor is, however, always referred to as “Mayor.” During public meetings, councilors generally should not attempt to edit or rewrite prepared ordinances. Amendments to an ordinance may, however, be appropriate. Generally, councilors should give direction to staff to bring back amended ordinances for Council consideration. Exhibit A -- Page 6