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71 a small board, a minimum period of debate on every proposal strikes a better balance between efficiency and effective representation by all members. Since every member will have an opportunity to speak, the debate may be ended by a majority vote. 8. To Postpone to a Certain Time or Day. Comment: This motion allows the board to defer consideration to a specified time or day and is appropriate when more information is needed or the deliberations are likely to be lengthy. 9. To Refer to 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. Comment: This motion is like the motion in PRO except that the tntroducer's right to compel consideration by the full board after a specified time prevents using the motion to defeat a proposal by referring it to a committee intending not to act. If the board does not use committees, this rule is unnecessary. 10. To Amend. An 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. Comment: This motion is like the motion in PRO except for the additional requirement for written amendments to proposed ordinances. 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. Comment: This motion replaces the motion to take up from the table in RRO and was renamed to avoid confusion. It may be debated and amended; the motion in RRO may not. If the motion to revive consideration is not successful within one hundred (100) days of the original deferral, the substantive motion expires. The subject matter 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. It cannot interrupt deliberation on a pending matter but is in order any time before adjournment. Comment: According to RRO, the motion may be made at the same meeting or on the next legal day and may interrupt deliberation on another matter. The rule here does not allow reconsideration of a vote once the meeting adjourns. A member wishing to reverse an action of a previous meeting may make a ~otion or introduce a 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. It 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. Comment: This clincher motion prevents the same motion from being continually introduced when the subject has been thoroughly considered. Because this motion curtails a member's right to 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 motion to suspend the rules. Six (6) months is merely a suggested time;