One thing the council can’t do is ban guns at City Hall, which is impermissible under state law, according to city officials.

Council President Charles R. Samuels, 2nd District, said the U.S. Constitution is the highest law and it would be “very difficult to argue that City Council has the authority to trump that.”

Dorsey is a former candidate for sheriff who has criticized the council in recent months in heated and, at times, extreme terms. At the council’s March 10 meeting, he spoke of international banking cartels, the Federal Reserve and invoked the King James Bible as a “law book.”

“Everything that this body does is based on fraud,” Dorsey said to the council as he aimed a camera at the dais.

Dorsey had signed up to speak at Monday’s meeting. On the list of speakers, his name was listed as “A Man (Formerly Chris Dorsey)” and the topic was “Flawed Government — IRS & City Council Corruption.” His address was listed as “Anywhere & Everywhere.”

The first two rows of the council chamber, where Dorsey usually sits when he attends meetings, had been roped off for unexplained reasons.