Amending Various Sections of Article 1 Chapter 2 The Common Council

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(n) Should any eeunei+man Council Member, in the course of his or her remarks, violate a second time any rule of the Council, and again be called to order, he or she shall not speak further upon the pending question, except by permission of two-thirds of the members present. (o) Each eeuneilman Council Member shall observe the highest standards of dignity, propriety, courtesy, respect and decorum when with his or her fellow eetimeiimen Council Members, officers and employees of the City, and all other persons, and when carrying out any of the responsibilities, duties and services mandated by the office of a eeuneiIman Council Member. Section 2-8. 1 Parliamentarian of the Common Council. (b) The Parliamentarian shall decide all procedural questions upon request of any eeuneiiman Council Member. Such decisions shall be advisory in nature. Section 2-9. Parliamentary procedure for the Common Council. (b) A majority of all the Councilmen Council Members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the Council. It shall require a majority vote of all the Councilmen Council Members to pass an ordinance or resolution. Whenever by law it is required that any ordinance or resolution shall be passed by a two-thirds vote, such requirement shall be construed to mean a two- thirds vote of all eetneilmen Council Members. (f) When a motion has been made, the presiding officer shall state it, or, if in writing, he or she shall cause it to be read aloud by the Clerk before being debated; and it shall then be in the possession of the Council, but may be withdrawn at any time before a decision or amendment. (g) (1) Only eeuneilmen Council Members who have disqualified themselves on a matter due to a substantial conflict of interest, or have disclosed fully the nature of their conflict of interest pursuant to the provisions of this article are entitled to an abstention. (s) Motion to reconsider: When a motion has been made and carried or lost, it shall be in order for any member of the majority at the same or the next regular meeting, to move for the reconsideration thereof. Such a motion upon being made may be seconded by any Councilman Council Member and may be made at any time. It shall be debatable and requires a majority vote to prevail. No such motion shall be introduced at a subsequent meeting, unless the member intending to make the same shall have given written notice of such intention at the meeting at which the vote which he or she desires to have reconsidered was taken. (w) Every bill filed for ordinance consideration shall be read a total of three (3) times by title by the Clerk. No bill shall be read the third time at the same meeting it is introduced unless by unanimous roll call vote of all eeuneilmen Council Members present. Additionally there must be at least two-thirds of the entire Council present to carry such a motion. (hh) The presiding officer may. upon a member of the