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Council Procedures Ordinance Page 2 "" "'Iailmd by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: Section 1. Chapter 2, Article 1, Section 2 -8 of the South Bend Municipal Code is amended by amending paragraph (p) and by the inclusion of new paragraph (q) which shall read as follows: (p) Persons in the Council Chambers and in the Council Informal Meeting Room shall turn their cell phones, and pagers PDA or any other type of electronic communications device to their silent mode when the Common Council is in session and when any Standing Committee meeting is j progress. Electronic devices including but not limited to cell phones, pages, PDAs or any other type of electronic communications device in the possession of a Council Member must be turned off or put in silent mode during all Common Council Meetings, all Standing Committee Meetin s or any other meetings called under the Indiana O en Door Provisions. Texting, emailing and an other forms of electronic communications by a Council Member while .a meeting is in proUess and while in -a meeting room or Council Chamber, shall be Prohibited. Violation of this section ma sub'ect a Council Member to any of the sanctions set forth in Section 2 -10 k of the South Bend Municipal Code. Section I1. The following paragraph set forth in Chapter 2, Article 1, Section 2 -10 (i) of the South Bend Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: The Chairperson, with the assistance of the , City Clerk, shall be responsible for filing Committee minutes with the Office of the City Clerk within two (2) weeks after each committee meeting. Such minutes shall comply with the Open Door Law and shall include but not be Iimited to: (1) the date, time and place of the meeting; (2) persons in attendance; (3) summary of all items discussed including all references to proposed resolutions and ordinances referred to in it for review and recommendation; (4) a record of all votes taken; and the time of adjournment. Any documents submitted to a Committee shall be filed with the original of the committee minutes with the Office of the City Clerk. Any majority or minority reports filed with a committee shall also be attached to such committee minutes. Section Ill. Chapter 2, Article 1, Section 2 -10 (k) of the South Bernd Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: (k) Sanctions: Upon finding that a Council Member - respondent violated the code of conduct of the Common Councils or if a Council Member violated an other provision of this Code, the Council by majority vote may take any or none of the following actions: (1) Issue a private censure; (2) Issue a public censure;