(a) Roll call votes. A roll call shall not be necessary on any questions or motions, except as follows.
(1) When the ayes and nays are requested by any member.
(2) On confirmation and on the adoption of any measure assessing or levying taxes, appropriations, or disbursing money or creating any liability or charge against the village or any fund thereof in excess of $10,000.
(3) When required by the state statutes.
(b) Record of votes. All aye and nay votes shall be recorded in the official minutes. The ayes and nays shall be ordered upon any question at the request of any member of the Village Board or the President, and the Village Administrator, Clerk, or highest elected official, as appropriate, shall call the roll in alphabetical order, and the Village Administrator, Clerk, or highest elected official, as approriate, shall call the roll starting with “A” and then in alphabetical order.
(c) Parliamentary procedure. Except as provided below, the Village Board shall in all other respects determine the rules of its procedure, which shall be governed by Robert’s Rules of Order, Revised (1984), which is hereby incorporated by reference, unless otherwise provided by ordinance or statute, except when otherwise limited or modified by this code of ordinances.
(1) No Trustee shall address the Board until he or she has been recognized by the presiding officer. He or she shall thereupon address himself or herself to Board and confine his or her remarks to the question under discussion, and avoid all personalities.
(2) When two or more members simultaneously seek recognition, the presiding officer shall name the member who is to speak first.
(3) No person other than a member shall address the Board except under order of business, except the citizens may address the Board with permission of the presiding officer as to matters which are being considered by the Board at the time.
(4) When a question is in debate, no action shall be in order except (these several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they stand):
a. To adjourn;
b. To lay on the table;
c. The previous question;
d. To postpone to a certain date;
e. To refer to a standing, select, or special committee;
f. To amend; and
g. To postpone indefinitely.
(5) The movant may request leave to withdraw a motion at any time prior to voting on the question. Such a request requires no second. If any member objects, the presiding officer shall put the question of granting the request to vote.
(d) Compelling votes. No member may be compelled to vote. When a member abstains from voting, the effect is the same as if the member voted on the prevailing side.
(e) Majority vote. Unless a larger number is required by statute, ordinance, or bylaw, a majority vote of those present at a legally constituted meeting is necessary to carry a question.
(Prior Code, § 2-2-17)