(A) Motion to be stated. When a motion has been made by a member to the Council, the presiding officer shall state it or, if written, cause it to be read by the Clerk-Treasurer before being debated.
(B) Withdrawal of motions. After a motion made by a member to the Council has been stated by the presiding officer or read by the Clerk-Treasurer, it shall be considered to be in the possession of the Council and may be withdrawn from the Council only if there has been no decision on or amendment to the motion.
(C) Propriety and sequence of motions. When a question is under debate before the Council, no motion shall be received except motions to adjourn, to lay on the table for the previous question (which motions shall be decided without a debate), to postpone to a day certain, to refer to or amend, or to postpone indefinitely. Except as otherwise provided, motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are herein arranged.
(D) Motions concerning adjournment. A motion to adjourn and a motion to fix a time to which the Council shall adjourn shall always be in order with the latter motion taking precedence over the former.
(E) Motion to table amendments. A motion to table an amendment shall not affect the subject which it proposes to amend.
(F) Effect of motion calling for previous question. A motion before the Council calling for the previous question shall have the effect of calling for a vote by the Council on the matter then under discussion.
(G) Amendment of motion to postpone to day certain. A motion to postpone to a day certain can be amended only as to the time contained therein.
(H) Amendment of motion to commit. A motion to commit may be amended only by altering the committee of the Council mentioned therein or by giving instructions to the committee.
(I) Motions to amend. A motion to amend and a motion to amend that amendment shall always be in order; it shall also be in order to offer a further amendment by way of a substitute, to which only one amendment may be offered.
(J) Consideration of matter postponed indefinitely. A motion or proposition postponed indefinitely shall be taken up again only when demanded by a majority of the Council; provided, however, no motion or proposition so postponed may be taken up at the same or next succeeding meeting of the Council at which it was so postponed.
(K) Limitation on amendments. No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be under the color of an amendment.
(L) Reconsideration of motions generally. When a motion has been made and carried or lost before the Council, any member of the majority voting thereon, either at the same or at the succeeding meeting, may move for the reconsideration thereof; this motion shall take precedence to all other motions except a motion to adjourn, and debate thereon shall be in order where the main question is debatable but not otherwise.
(M) Effect of passing motion to reconsider. Where a motion to reconsider has been passed, the question immediately recurs upon the question reconsidered.
(N) Tabling of motion to reconsider. A motion to reconsider a vote may be tabled, but a motion to reconsider a vote tabling a motion to reconsider shall not be allowed.
(Prior Code, § 30.30)