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12 CenterviIIe - Administration (4) (a) The Chairperson/staff liaison shall see that at least one copy of printed materials relating to agenda items is available to the public in the meeting room while the Committee considers the subject matter. (b) The agenda item shall not be considered unless this provision is complied with. (c) This section does not apply to those materials that are classified as other than public under the Minnesota Data Practices Act or materials from closed meetings. (1) Motions. (1) Generally. The Committee transacts business through motions made by Committee Members. These motions are seconded, and subsequently passed or rejected by Committee vote. (a) The Committee Member states his or her motion (usually in the following form: "I move. . . [text of the motion]"). The Committee Member making a motion does not need to favor it or vote for it. The Committee Member may wish to put the issue before the Committee so a decision can be made. (b) Another Committee Member then seconds the motion by saymg: "I second the motion. " (c) The Chair recognizes the motion and opens the pending motion to discussion. The presiding officer calls for the vote at the end of the discussions and announces the result of the vote. (2) Motion to reconsider. This motion enables a Committee to set aside a vote it previously took, and to reconsider the matter as though it had not voted on the issue. Only a person who originally voted on the prevailing side may move to reconsider. Make the motion by saying, "1 move to reconsider. . . [stating the motion to be reconsidered]." The Committee may debate the motion. If the Committee passes the motion to reconsider, it must then reconsider the original motion and take another vote. If the Committee defeats a motion to reconsider, no further action is necessary. (3) Motion to postpone indefinitely. There is an important difference between the motion to postpone indefinitely and the motion to postpone temporarily. The motion to postpone temporarily is more commonly called a motion to "lay on the table" or "to table." The motion to postpone postpones consideration of the motion until some undetermined, future time. The Committee may consider a tabled motion whenever a majority of the members decide to do so. A motion to postpone indefinitely, however, is the equivalent to a negative vote on the main motion. Thus, the issue can be raised again only by a motion made by someone on the prevailing side of the vote since, unless someone changes his or her mind, the motion to postpone will once again prevail.