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8 <br /> <br />3. All motions receiving a second, including a motion to table and to call for the question, <br />are entitled to discussion before taking a vote; <br />4. Amendments are voted on first, then the main motion, as amended, if the <br />amendment receives an affirmative vote; <br />5. Motion for reconsideration. <br />i. Except as specified in subsection (3), a motion to reconsider shall be in order <br />only if it is brought forth at or before the next regularly scheduled City Council <br />meeting by a councilmember who voted in favor of the action sought be <br />reconsidered and the motion receives a second. To vote on a motion for <br />reconsideration, the council member must have voted on the original item. <br />To prevail, the motion for reconsideration must receive a majority of votes of <br />those eligible to vote and present at the meeting. <br />ii. When a motion for reconsideration is passed, the underlying matter shall be <br />put on the agenda for the next regularly scheduled meeting or at the first <br />possible regularly scheduled meeting if a delay is necessary. <br />iii. A motion for reconsideration cannot be considered if any of the following <br />events have already occurred: <br />a. The action approved by the Council has already been partially or fully <br />carried out <br />b. A contract authorized by Council has already been executed by the City <br />and is binding <br />c. An ordinance passed by the Council has already become valid (signed <br />by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk). <br />6. For a motion to prevail, it must receive an affirmative vote of a majority of those <br />voting except: <br />i. In the case of a passage of an ordinance, grant or revocation of a franchise <br />or license, and any resolution for the payment of money, it must receive the <br />affirmative vote of at least a majority of the whole membership of the Council <br />(4 vote minimum - Section 3.3 of the Charter); <br />ii. In the case of an emergency ordinance made effective upon becoming valid, <br />it must receive the affirmative vote of at least a majority plus one of the whole <br />Council (5 vote minimum - Section 3.4 of the Charter); <br />iii. In the case of a budget amendment ordinance when there is a proposed <br />decrease within any portion of the total appropriation provided for in any one <br />fund or a re-appropriation of the same fund for another purpose, it must <br />receive the affirmative vote of at least a majority plus one of the whole <br />Council (5 vote minimum - RCW 35.33.121(5)). <br /> <br />SECTION 12: COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES <br /> <br />1. Purpose. In collaboration with City Administration, the City Council may establish <br />formal or ad hoc subcommittees to provide members of the City Council an <br />opportunity to review and discuss, in detail, issues and topics that are of interest to <br />the City Administration and the City Council. All committees are Ad Hoc, with the <br />exception of the Budget and Finance Council Committee. The Ad Hoc Committees <br />serve to share information. Committees do not act on behalf of the Council.