(A) Motions generally.
(1) When a motion is made and seconded it shall be stated by the Presiding Officer before it shall be debated. The name of the member making the motion or offering any business shall be entered into the minutes.
(2) A motion may be withdrawn by the maker, but if there is any objection to the withdrawal, it may not be withdrawn until a motion to that effect has been passed.
(3) Every motion except procedural motions shall be reduced to writing upon request of any member.
('71 Code, § 29.05(D))
(B) Motions when question is under debate. When a question is under debate, no motion other than pertinent, incidental motions shall be entertained except to adjourn or recess, to lay on the table, for the previous question, to postpone for a definite time, to refer to committee, to amend, or to postpone indefinitely, which motion shall have precedence in the order above named and only the motion to postpone for a definite time, to refer to committee, to amend, and to postpone indefinitely, shall be debatable.
('71 Code, § 29.05(E))
(C) Motions for the previous question. A motion for the previous question shall only be admitted when demanded by a two-thirds vote, until it is decided, shall preclude all further amendments and debate on the main question and the demand of the previous question shall be to bring the Common Council to a vote on the immediate question under discussion.
('71 Code, § 29.05(F))
(D) Motion to adjourn or recess.
(1) A motion to adjourn or recess shall be decided without debating and shall be in order at any time except when it is repeated without intervening business or discussion, or when a member is speaking, when the previous question has been ordered or during a roll call. A motion to recess shall take precedence over a motion to adjourn.
(2) No legislation may be introduced for Common Council action after 10:30 p.m. local time without a two-thirds vote of the members of the Council.
('71 Code, § 29.05(G)
(E) Division of question. Any member may move that a question under consideration covering two or more distinct proposals be divided. If the motion is adopted by a majority of the members present the question shall be divided.
('71 Code, § 29.05(H))
(F) Motion to table. A motion to lay a question under consideration on the table shall take precedent over all amendments or debate of the question. Any matter laid on the table may be taken up by a vote of the Council at any meeting after the meeting at which it is tabled. The motion to table may not be debated.
('71 Code, § 29.05(I))
(G) Motion to postpone indefinitely. If a motion to postpone indefinitely is adopted or a motion to reconsider a negative vote has been laid on the table, the main question shall be declared defeated and removed from the agenda before the Council for that session.
('71 Code, § 29.05(J))
(H) Motion to reconsider. When any question has been decided in the affirmative or negative, any member voting with the majority may move a reconsideration of the vote before adjournment. Concurrence of the majority of the members present shall be sufficient to order reconsideration of a vote, but if a motion to reconsider is defeated it shall not again be entertained.
('71 Code, § 29.05(K))
(Ord. 48-85, passed - - 85; Am. Ord. 288, passed 2-22-88)