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ECTION 4: PROCEDURE FOR COUNCIL INITIATED LEGISLATION <br /> To promote the orderly development and consideration of proposed legislation and the efficient use of <br /> staff time, Council will initiate legislation as follows: <br /> Council members may seek confidential legal advice from the City Attorney to draft an outline of their <br /> proposed legislation for consideration at a Council meeting. Following Council discussion, the City <br /> Attorney will prepare a draft ordinance or resolution if a request is made by two or more members at a <br /> council meeting. Once the legislation has been prepared, the President will place it on the Council <br /> agenda for discussion. Provided, however, the obligations of this section shall be consistent with the <br /> Washington Court Rules for Rules of Professional Conduct, Sate law, the Charter and City <br /> Ordinances. <br /> SECTION 5: MOTIONS -VOTING <br /> In presiding over Council meetings, the presiding officer shall cause the business of the Council to be <br /> transacted in accordance with these rules and shall determine all question of procedure subject to the <br /> appeal of the majority of the Council members present. Council's procedural practice shall not be <br /> based on Robert's Rules of Order. As it relates to motions, the following shall apply: <br /> A. A motion that does not receive a second dies; <br /> B. A motion receiving a tie vote dies; <br /> C. All motions receiving a second, including a motion to table and to call for the question, are <br /> entitled to discussion before taking a vote. <br /> D. Amendments are voted on first, then the main motion as amended if the amendment receives <br /> an affirmative vote; <br /> E. A motion to reconsider shall be in order at a subsequent meeting and by a member voting on <br /> the prevailing side provided it is done prior to the next ensuing item of business taken up by <br /> the Council; <br /> F. For a motion to prevail, it must receive an affirmative vote of a majority of those voting except: <br /> 1) In the case of a passage of an ordinance, grant or revocation of a franchise or license, <br /> and any resolution for the payment of money, it must receive the affirmative vote of at <br /> least a majority of the whole membership of the Council (4 vote minimum — Section 3.3 <br /> of the Charter); <br /> 2) In the case of an emergency ordinance made effective upon becoming valid, it must <br /> receive the affirmative vote of at least a majority plus one of the whole Council (5 vote <br /> minimum — Section 3.4 of the Charter); <br /> 3) In the case of a budget amendment ordinance when there is a proposed decrease <br /> within any portion of the total appropriation provided for in any one fund or a re- <br /> appropriation of the same fund for another purpose, it must receive the affirmative vote <br /> of at least a majority plus one of the whole Council (5 vote minimum — RCW <br /> 35.33.121(5)). <br /> G. In the case of a motion to "Call for the Question," council member making the motion must first <br /> be recognized by the President. The motion must receive a second. If the motion receives a <br /> second, the presiding officer will entertain discussion on the motion. If the motion receives an <br /> affirmative vote of the majority of those voting, vote will be taken on the main motion. If the <br /> motion fails, further discussion will occur on the main motion. <br /> 7 <br /> 7 <br />