Number
060183
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. HINES
Title
Motion amending a provision of the Common Council Procedure and Rules pertaining to roll call votes.
Analysis
This motion amends the Common Council Procedure and Rules to permit a member of the Council to change his or her vote during the calling of the roll until the result of the vote is announced by the clerk. It further provides that members need not seek the recognition of the chair for this purpose.
Body
It is moved, by the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that Article III, Section 8 of the Common Council Procedure and Rules is repealed and recreated to read:
Article III
Meetings
Section 8. Roll Calls. 1. A roll call shall be ordered upon any question at the request of any member. The clerk shall call the roll of members in numerical order by district, with the exception of the president who shall vote last. The clerk shall enter in the minutes the names of members voting in the affirmative, those voting in the negative, those absent, those abstaining and those excused by the chair.
2. No member shall explain his or her vote during the call of the roll.
3. A member may change his or her vote during the calling of the roll until the result of the vote is announced by the clerk. A member need not seek recognition by the chair for this purpose.
Requestor
Drafter
jro
05/30/06