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City of Centervillc Ordinance #72 Effective: December 31, 2002 The order of business may be varied by the presiding officer, but all publie hearings shall be held at the time speeified in the notiee 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 eopies 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 eonsidered 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 considercd unless this provision is complied with. This section does not apply tn those materials that arc classificd as other than public under the Minncsota Data Practices Act or materials from closed meetin,;s. SECTION 10. IVIOTIONS: The Committee transacts business through motions made by Committee Members. fhese 1110tions ano seconded, and sub.;cquently passed or rejected by Committee vote. The Committee Member states his or 11.:r motion. (Usually in the followi'lg fonn: "I move . . . text of the mot;on."). The Committee Member maklng a motion does not need to favor it or votc for it. The ('ommiltee Member mclY wish to pn! the issue beforc thc Committee so a decision can be made. \rwther Committee Member then seconds the motion hy saying: "I second the motion," The Chair recognizes the motion and opens tbe pending motion to discussion. The presiding officer calls for the vole at the end of the discussions and announces the result of the vote. MOTION TO RECONSIDER: This marion enables a Committee to set aside a vote it previously took, and to reconsider the mattt~r as tbougL it had not voted on the issue. Only a person who ori~',:nally voted on the prevailing side may move to reconsider. \1akc the motion by saying, "I move to rcc1"'lslder. . . stating the motion to be reconsidered. . .n The Committee may debate the motion. If t;JC 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. MOTION TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY: 111cre is an important difference between the motion to postpone indefinitely and the motion to postpone temporarily. The motion to postpone temporarily is more commonly c:;1led ,'i;lotion to "lay on the 1:\b1e" or "to table." '01e motion to postpone, Ilostponcs consideration of tl\0 motion until ::lame undetermined, future time. The Committee may consider a tabled l11otion 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 issul: can be ra;,cd 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 wiIJ once again prevail. Page 5 0[8