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3O8 Since every member will have an opportunity to speak, :he debate may be ended by a majority vote. 8. TO Postpone ~oa Certain Time or Day. Coarsens: This motion allows the board to defer consideration to a specified time or day and is appropriate when more info~ation is needed or :he deliberations are likely to be lengthy. 9. TO Refer ~o Committee. Sixty (60) days after a motion has been referred to committee, the introducer may compel consideration of the measure by the entire board, regardless of whether the committee has reported the matter back to the board. cogent: This motion is like the motion in RRO except that the introducer's right to compel consideration by the full board after a specified time prevents using the motion to defeat a proposal by referriBg it to a co~mnit~ee that intends to 10. TO Amend. ~n amendment to a motion must be germane to the subject of the motion, but it may not achieve the opposite effect of the motion. There may be an amendment to the motion and an amendment to an amendment, but no further amendments. Any amendment to a proposed ordinance shall be reduced to writing. 11. To Revive Consideration. The motion is in order at any time within one hundred (100) days of a vote deferring consideration. A substantive motion on which consideration has been deferred expires one hundred (100} days after the deferral, unless a motion to revive consideration is adopted. renamed ~o avoid confusion. It m~ay be debated and amended; the motion in RRO may (100} days Of =he original deferral, ~he substantive motion e~pires, The subject mat=er of the motion may be brought forward again by a new motion. 12. TO Reconsider. The motion must be made at the same meeting where the original vote was taken, and by a member who voted with the prevailing side. The motion cannot interrupt deliberation on a pending matter but is in order any time before adjournment. not allow reconsideration of a vote once the meeting adjourns. A member wishing new ordinance having the opposite effect. 13. To Prevent Reconsideration for Six (6) Months. The motion shall be in order only immediately following the defeat of a substantive motion and at no other time. The motion requires a vote equal to a quorum and is valid for six (6) months or until the next regular election of county commissioners, whichever occurs first. curtails a member's righ~ ~o bring a matter before the board, a vote equal to a quorum is required. AS with every other motion, a clincher may be dissolved by a Rule 20. Renewal of Motion. A defeated motion may not be renewed at the same meeting. Rule 21. Withdrawal of Motion. A motion may be withdrawn by the introducer any time before the chair puts the motion to a vote. Rule 22. Duty to Vote. It is the duty of each member to vote unless excused by a majority vote according to law. The board may excuse members from voting on matters involving their own financial interest or official conduct. A member wishing to be excused from voting shall so inform the chair, who shall take a vote of the remaining members. A member who fails to vote, not having been excused, shall be recorded as voting in the affirmative. Rule 23. Prohibition of Secret Voting. No vote may be taken by secret ballot. If the board decides to vote by written ballot, each me~er shall sign his or her ballot and the minutes shall record the vote of each me,er. These ballots shall be retained and made available for public inspection until the minutes of that meeting have been approved, when they may be destroyed.