Trumbauersville Borough Council passed a resolution that creates a code of conduct at borough council meetings. The intent of the resolution is to enable a municipal meeting to proceed in an orderly fashion. The code of conduct requires borough council members to act in an ethical manner in order to create public trust.  Council members cannot act as if they are speaking for the municipality when they are voicing their personal opinions. Comment at a council meeting is restricted to residents and taxpayers.  Water ratepayers and trash payers, if not residents of the borough, can speak but only about water and trash issues.  Comment is limited to three minutes per speaker.  Public comment will be taken at the beginning of the meeting on agenda items and again at the conclusion of the items on the agenda.  Conversations prior to or after a meeting are considered private, but anything spoken during the meeting is considered public. Borough council also announced it will follow Robert’s Rules of Order which dictates the parliamentary procedures for municipal meetings.
Source: Town & Country; 7/24/2024