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12. City Council Deliberation <br />City Council deliberations shall be orderly and guided by the Mayor to reach a decision <br />on the item before them or to provide the direction sought by staff. <br />Once an item is before the City Council for deliberation, the Mayor shall call upon each <br />individual Councilmember present, in turn, to comment on the item. Usually after each <br />Councilmember has had the opportunity to comment on the item, the Mayor shall invite a <br />motion. Councilmembers shall not interrupt any other Councilmember that is speaking_ <br />13. Motions <br />13.1 Making a Motion <br />The Mayor may recognize a Councilmember for the purposes of making a motion. <br />However, a motion may be made by any Councilmember as well as by the Mayor_" Once <br />a motion has been made, the Mayor will solicit a second. A motion shall die unless it <br />receives a second. If a motion receives a second, the Mayor shall then invite debate and <br />discussion on the motion and any amendments. <br />Any Councilmember who makes a motion may withdraw it during debate and discussion. <br />even to the point of interrupting a speaker to do so. If the motion is so withdrawn, the <br />Mayor may ask the Councilmember who had seconded the motion if that Councilmember <br />wishes to make the motion, subject to another Councilmember's second. <br />13.2 Motions <br />See Rosenberg's Rules of Order pages 3 and 4 for types of motions, amendments, <br />substitutes, multiple motions, and debate. <br />13.3 Miscellaneous Motions. Reviews and Appeals <br />13.3.1 Motion to Suspend the Rules of Procedure <br />A motion to suspend these Rules of Procedure is debatable and to the extent <br />possible should be addressed to a specific rule. If the Rules of Procedure are <br />suspended in their entirety. such a motion does not supersede law or the <br />Pleasanton Municipal Code. <br />13.3.2 Motion to Reconsider <br />A motion to reconsider any action taken by the City Council may be made as <br />follows: (1) The motion must be made by a Councilmember that voted along with <br />majority that voted for the original motion that passed, although the motion for <br />While the Mayor. or presiding officer, has full rights to participate. it is recommended that the Mayor. or <br />presiding officer. generally does not make or second a motion unless other Councilmembers fail to do so <br />See Rosenberg-s Rules of Order pg. 3. <br />22