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8. Adjournment The order of business may be varied by the presiding officer, but all public hearings shall be held at the time specified in the notice of the hearing. The Chair person/staff liaison shall prepare an agenda of business for each regular Committee meeting and file a copy in the office of the Clerk. The agenda shall be prepared in accordance with the order of business and copies shall be delivered to each Committee member and to others as far in advance of the meeting as time for preparation will permit. No item of business shall be considered unless it appears on the agenda for the meeting or is approved for addition to the agenda by a unanimous vote of the Committee present. The Chairperson/staff liaison shall see that at least one (1) copy of printed materials relating to agenda items is available to the public in the meeting room while the Committee considers their subject matter. The agenda item shall not be considered unless this provision is complied with. 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. SECTION 10. MOTIONS: The Committee transacts business through motions made by Committee Members, These motions are seconded, and subsequently passed or rejected by Committee vote. 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. Another Committee Member then seconds the motion by saying: "I second the motion." 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. 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, "I move to reconsider . . . slating 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 lake another vote. If the Committee defeats a motion to reconsider, no further action is necessary. 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 Iable" or 'to Iable." 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