PORTSMOUTH — The mayor will no longer have the sole discretion to remove a colleague from a City Council meeting for disorderly conduct. Portsmouth City Council voted Tuesday to amend the council’s rules of order and procedure regarding decorum during meetings and will now require a majority vote to eject a council member from a public meeting. The change comes after Council member De’Andre .
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The change in rules comes after the removal of Council member De'Andre Barnes at several meetings over the last few months and previous discussion of aligning the city council's rules more closely with Robert's Rules of Order, which governs parliamentarian procedure.
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