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6.4 Mayor's Office The Mayor shall have use of an office at City Hall. Councilmembers may also use this office for City business meetings if not in use by the Mayor, who shall have first priority. 6.5 Conducting Meetings The Mayor's duties and responsibilities for conducting City Council meetings as the presiding officer are as follows: 6.5.1 Call to Order The Mayor shall call the meeting to order at the appointed time. If both the Mayor and the Vice Mayor are absent, then the City Clerk shall call the meeting to order and the Councilmembers present shall then select a presiding officer for that meeting. 6.5.2 Preservation of Order The Mayor shall preserve order and decorum, and shall discourage personal, verbal attacks on Councilmembers, staff, and/or members of the public, but shall not prohibit criticisms of the policies, procedures, programs, or services of the City, or of the acts or omissions of the City Council or members of the City staff. The Mayor shall confine debate to the item under discussion. [36813, 38638, 54954.3, 54957.9]. See also Section 11.6 for Disruptive Speech and Conduct. 6.5.3 Questions of Parliamentary Procedure The Mayor shall determine all questions of parliamentary procedure in consultation with the City Attorney and City Manager. 6.5.4 Reordering of Agenda The Mayor may reorder the items on the agenda for a noticed meeting to accommodate members of the public who wish to speak on an agenda item that would otherwise be considered by the City Council later in the meeting. The Mayor shall announce the reorder prior to calling members of the public to speak during the meeting open to the public. 6.5.5 Motion to Be Stated and Roll Call Votes The Mayor, or the Councilmember who made the motion, shall state all motions submitted for a vote by the City Council; and the Mayor or the City Clerk shall announce the result of the vote and identify the no votes and any Councilmembers that abstained or recused themselves from the vote. A roll call vote shall be taken for all teleconferenced meetings. No action shall be taken by secret ballot, but