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File #: 2014-0436    Version: 1 Name: Amend the Parish Council Rules to revise Rule 31 to allow any council member to raise the motion to reconsider a vote
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 1/12/2015 In control: Parish Council
On agenda: 1/12/2015 Final action: 1/26/2015
Enactment date: Enactment #: 6132
Title: A resolution to amend the Parish Council Rules to revise Rule 31 to allow any council member to raise the motion to reconsider a vote.
Sponsors: Paul J. Hogan
Indexes: Council Rules
Attachments: 1. 2014-0436 Final Reso 6132
Related files: 2015-0424, 2015-0261, 2015-0080, 2012-0004, 2014-0244, 2014-0022
2014-0436
INTRODUCED BY:      PAUL J. HOGAN, PE, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT IV
RESOLUTION NO.  ___________
Title
A resolution to amend the Parish Council Rules to revise Rule 31 to allow any council member to raise the motion to reconsider a vote.
Body
WHEREAS,      the current Council Rule states that a vote may be reconsidered at any time during the same meeting; and,
WHEREAS,      the current Council Rule is not specific on who can raise the motion to reconsider a vote.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL, do hereby amend Rule 31 to read as follows:
RULE 31.  (AS WRITTEN)
A vote may be reconsidered at any time during the same meeting.  A vote can be reconsidered at any future meeting provided the ordinance has not become law.
      RULE 31.  (REVISED)
Any council member may raise the motion to reconsider a vote at any time during the same meeting.  A vote can be reconsidered by any council member at any future meeting provided the ordinance has not become law.
The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
 
 
 
 
And the resolution was declared adopted this             day of                       , 2015, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
2014-0436 (12-30-14) Amend Council Rule 31 (I_1-12-15)
 
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