When a question or a proposition is before Council or under debate, or when a motion has been made, no motions shall be received except the following:
(a) To adjourn.
(b) To lay on the table.
If the motion prevails, the consideration of the subject may not be resumed except
upon motion of a member voting with the majority and consent of two-thirds of the members present.
(c) To request that discussion end, and that any motion being considered be voted upon (to move the previous question, as it is usually called).
(d) To postpone any action until some stated future time.
(e) To refer the proposal to a standing or special committee.
(f) To amend the main motion.
(g) To postpone any action for an indefinite time. If this motion carries, the proposition is finally rejected.
These motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged. Motions listed as (a), (b) and (c) hereof shall be decided without debate.
A motion to reconsider a subject that may have been acted upon favorably must be made before adjournment of that session of Council. A motion to reconsider any other subject may be made at any time not later than the next regular meeting of Council after the original decision of Council upon the same. A motion to reconsider may be made by any member who voted with the prevailing side, and having been made shall not again be entertained. A majority of members present elected to Council may reconsider a vote.
A motion to suspend the ruling requiring three readings on separate days shall be debatable and upon such motion the main question shall be open to debate.
(Ord. 96-1976. Passed 7-12-76. )