Laserfiche WebLink
4) <br />City Council Procedures Hand- 7. 1. - Page 5 <br />C. Debate and Voting. <br />III -6 <br />1. <br />Presiding officer to State Motion <br />111 -6 <br />2. <br />Presiding Officer May Debate and Vote <br />III -6 <br />3. <br />Division of Question <br />111 -6 <br />4. <br />Withdrawal of Motion <br />111 -6 <br />5. <br />Change of Vote <br />III -6 <br />6. <br />Voting <br />III -6 <br />7. <br />Silence Constitutes affirmative vote <br />I11-6 <br />8. <br />Failure to Vote <br />III -6 <br />9. <br />Abstaining from Vote <br />III -6 <br />10. <br />Not participating <br />III -7 <br />11. <br />Tie Votes <br />II1 -7 <br />12. <br />Motion to Reconsider <br />111 -7 <br />"13. <br />Appeal from the decision of the presiding officer <br />111 -7 <br />14. <br />Getting the floor; improper references to be avoided. <br />III -7 <br />15. <br />Interruptions <br />111 -8 <br />IV. Quasi - Judicial Hearings IV-1 <br />A. Policy IV -1 <br />1. Purpose IV -1 <br />B. General Requirements <br />IV -1 <br />1. <br />Quasi - Judicial Proceedings Defined <br />IV -1 <br />2. <br />Restrictions on Council Communications Outside of <br />Quasi - Judicial Hearings <br />IV -1 <br />a) Identification of Quasi - Judicial Matters <br />IV-1 <br />b) Council to Track Contacts <br />IV -2 <br />c) Disclosure <br />IV -2 <br />d) No Contacts after Hearings <br />IV -2 <br />3. <br />Written Findings Required <br />IV -2 <br />4. <br />Rules of Evidence <br />IV -2 <br />5. <br />Burden of Proof <br />IV -3 <br />6. <br />Council Members who are Absent During Part <br />of a Hearing <br />IV -3 <br />7. <br />Appeals <br />IV -3 <br />iii <br />091117 sh 7081cityconnciloriantatioir /final TOC <br />