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A motion to lay on the table shall preclude all amendments or debate of the subject under consideration. If the motion prevails, the consideration of the subject may be resumed only upon the motion of a member voting with the majority and with the consent of the majority of the members present.
(Ord. 304-66. Passed 12-14-66.)
A motion for the previous question shall be stated in these words: "Shall debate now close?" The motion shall pass if two-thirds of the members present favor it. If the motion is ordered, there shall be no further amendment or debate, but the question shall be put immediately.
(Ord. 304-66. Passed 12-14-66.)
A motion to suspend the rule which requires three readings on three separate days must receive the affirmative vote of three-fourths of the members elected to Council and shall be debatable. This motion to suspend the rules of readings is not applicable to nonemergency ordinances and resolutions. Upon the passage of such motion, the main question shall be open to debate. All other rules may be suspended without debate by a majority of members of Council present.
(Ord. 36-85. Passed 9-9-85.)
A motion to reconsider a proposal that has been acted upon favorably must be made before adjournment of the session of Council at which the vote was taken. A motion to reconsider any other action taken by Council may be made not later than the next regular meeting after the vote of Council thereon. In either case such motion may be made only by a member who voted with the prevailing side. The concurrence of a majority of the members present shall be sufficient for reconsideration of a vote. If a motion to reconsider is lost, it shall not be entertained again.
(Ord. 304-66. Passed 12-14-66.)
The Chair shall maintain decorum in the Council Chambers during sessions. Persons, other than members of Council and Municipal officials, shall not be permitted at the Council table, or to address Council, except upon introduction by the Chair or a member of Council. If anyone, other than a Municipal official, wishes to speak to a member of Council while it is in session, the member, if agreeable to the request, shall leave his or her seat and retire to the rear of the Council Chambers or elsewhere until the conversation is finished. Whenever anyone in the audience, after being properly recognized, wishes to talk for or against a question, he or she shall speak only once on the subject and then for not more than two minutes, and in the beginning of his or her remarks shall state his or her name and address.
(Ord. 304-66. Passed 12-14-66.)
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