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6.3 Seats on the Dais The Mayor shall sit at the center of the dais for all City Council meetings. If the Mayor is absent, the Presiding Officer shall sit at the center of the dais. In December of each year, the remaining seats on the dais shall be selected based on seniority of the Councilmembers (with a tie decided by random means of selection). 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 3