Received After Agenda Printed
Resolution No. 19-4178 City Council Meeting 5/7/2024
November 19, 2019
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A motion to amend shall be debatable only as to the amendment. A motion to amend an amendment shall be in order, but a motion to amend an amendment to an amendment shall not be in order. An amendment modifying the intention of a motion shall be in order, but an amendment relating to a different matter shall not be in order. A substitute motion on the same subject shall be acceptable, and voted on before a vote on the amendment.
Amendments shall be voted first, then the main motion as amended.
6.10. MOTION TO CONTINUE:
Motions to continue to a definite time shall be amendable and debatable as to propriety of postponement and time set.
7. VOTING PROCEDURE
7.1. VOTING PROCEDURE:
In acting upon every motion, the vote shall be taken by voice or roll call or any other method by which the vote of each Council Member present can be clearly ascertained. The vote on each motion shall then be entered in full upon the record. In the case of voice votes, the order of voting shall be alphabetical with the Mayor voting last. The Clerk shall call the names of all Members seated when a roll call vote is ordered or required. Members shall respond "aye", , "no" or "abstain", provided that when a vote is collectively taken by voice or when a method of voting other than by voice or roll call is used, any Council Member not audibly and clearly responding "no" or "abstain" or otherwise registering an objection shall have his vote recorded as "aye"
7.2. ROLL CALL VOTING:
Every ordinance and any resolutions or orders for franchises or payments of money require three affirmative votes. A roll call vote shall be used for these changes. Any other question before the Council shall not require a roll call vote unless demanded by any Member. It shall not be in order for Members to explain their vote during roll call. Any Member may change his vote before the next order of business.
7.3. FAILURE TO VOTE:
Every Council Member should vote unless disqualified for cause. A Council Member who abstains shall, for purpose of the item under consideration, be considered as if absent.
7.4. RECONSIDERATION:
Any Council Member who voted with the majority may move a reconsideration of any action at the same or the next meeting. After a motion for reconsideration has once been acted upon, no other motion for reconsideration thereof shall be made without unanimous consent of the Council:
7.5. TIE VOTES:
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