(A) Discussion and debate. Members of the Council may discuss or debate items on the agenda where no formal vote or action of the Council is deemed necessary or required.
(B) Question. A vote will be taken if the question is called by a Council Member. A call for the vote need not be seconded.
(C) Voting. All questions submitted to the Council for a decision will be determined by a voice vote of a majority of the Council Members voting on the question, unless provided by law.
(D) Recording of vote. The name of each member of the Council and how he or she voted will be recorded in the minutes of the meeting. The vote of each member of the Council will be recorded on each question as a “yes,” “no,” “abstention” or “not present” vote.
(E) Tie vote. In the event of a tie vote on any question, even though all members may not be present, the question will be voted on by the Mayor in order to cast the deciding vote. This is the only instance in which the Mayor will have a voting privilege on any question before the Council.
(F) Reconsideration.
(1) (a) Any action may be reconsidered only upon a motion by a member of the Council voting with the prevailing side on the original vote, which motion will be made in the same meeting, or the immediately subsequent regular meeting.
(b) Action on a question pending reconsideration will be taken only following notice of not less than that required by law and at least equal to that given prior to the action being reconsidered, unless the action is taken at the same meeting as the original action.
(2) In instances involving the reconsideration of the adoption of an ordinance, notice of the proposed adoption of a new ordinance will be given in accordance with law prior to action in the reconsidered question.
(1997 Code, § 2-128)