Laserfiche WebLink
SECTION 5: MOTIONS - VOTING <br /> In presiding over Council meetings, the presiding officer shall cause the business of the <br /> Council to be transacted in accordance with these rules and shall determine all question <br /> of procedure subject to the appeal of the majority of the Council members present. <br /> Council's procedural practice shall not be based on Robert's Rules of Order. As it <br /> 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 <br /> question, are entitled to discussion before taking a vote. <br /> D. Amendments are voted on first, then the main motion as amended if the <br /> amendment receives an affirmative vote; <br /> E. A motion to reconsider shall be in order at a subsequent meeting and by a <br /> member voting on the prevailing side. Any member shall be entitled to change a <br /> vote to be on the prevailing side provided it is done prior to the next ensuing item <br /> of business taken up by the Council; <br /> F. For a motion to prevail, it must receive an affirmative vote of a majority of those <br /> voting except: <br /> 1) In the case of a passage of an ordinance, grant or revocation of a <br /> franchise or license, and any resolution for the payment of money, it must <br /> receive the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the whole membership <br /> of the Council (4 vote minimum — Section 3.3 of the Charter); <br /> 2) In the case of an emergency ordinance made effective upon becoming <br /> valid, it must receive the affirmative vote of at least a majority plus one of <br /> the whole Council (5 vote minimum — Section 3.4 of the Charter); <br /> 3) 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 <br /> one fund or a re-appropriation of the same fund for another purpose, it <br /> must receive the affirmative vote of at least a majority plus one of the <br /> whole Council (5 vote minimum — RCW 35.33.121(5)). <br /> SECTION 6: REVIEW <br /> Council will review this Resolution on or before June 16, 2011. <br /> 3 <br />