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move to call for the question," "I call for the question," "I call for the <br /> previous question," or"I move that we vote now.") <br /> (c) Postpone to a certain time. <br /> This is a motion that delays action on a pending question to a definite day, <br /> meeting, time, or until after a certain event. This motion requires a seconds <br /> is debatable, must not debate the merits of the main question any more than <br /> necessary to decide if the main question should be postponed and to what <br /> time. The motion is amendable and requires a majority vote. (Example: "I <br /> move to postpone this matter until `date or time.") <br /> (d) Commit(or refer). <br /> This motion is generally used to send a pending question to a small group of <br /> select persons—a committee, for careful investigation and study. This <br /> motion must be seconded, is debatable and amendable, and requires a <br /> majority vote for passage. (Example: "I move to refer this matter to the `X' <br /> committee.") <br /> (e) Amend. <br /> This motion is used to modify the wording of a bill or resolution before it is <br /> acted upon. No floor amendment to a bill or resolution shall be considered <br /> unless a written copy of the amended version has been presented to the <br /> County Clerk for preparation and distribution to each Council Member <br /> present. However, a floor amendment may be verbal if limited to correction <br /> of manifest clerical or typographical errors or errors in numbering, spelling, <br /> capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and gender terms, provided that the <br /> correction will not alter the meaning or effect of the underlying bill or <br /> resolution. It must be seconded, is debatable and generally amendable <br /> requires a majority vote for passage, and can be reconsidered. (Example: "I <br /> move to amend Bill or Resolution `X' with the contents of Communication <br /> (f) Postpone indefinitely. <br /> When a question is postponed indefinitely, the same shall not be acted upon <br /> again or revived at any subsequent meeting of the Council which so disposed <br /> of such questions unless by consent of the majority of the Council. This <br /> motion indicates that the committee or council declines to take a position on <br /> the main question and the adoption of the amendment effectively kills the <br /> main motion. It avoids a direct vote on the question and is useful for <br /> disposing of a badly written main motion that cannot be adopted or expressly <br /> rejected without possible undesirable consequences. The motion must be <br /> seconded, is debatable, is not amendable, and requires a majority vote. <br /> (Some versions are: "I move to postpone this matter indefinitely," or"I move <br /> to postpone `Resolution or Communication X' indefinitely.") <br /> 2 <br />