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seconded, is debatable, is not amendable, and requires a majority vote. (Examples: “I move to postI move to postpone Resolution or Bill ‘(Section 11, Robert’s Rulesof Order) (f)Commit (or refer). This motion is generally used to send a pending question to a small group of select persons – a committee, for careful investigation and study. This motion must be seconded, is debatable and amendable, and requires a majority vote for passage. (Example: “I move to refer this matter to the ‘X’ co(Section 13, Robert’s Rules of Order) (g)Amend. This motion is used to modify the wording of a bill or resolution before it is acted upon. No floor amendment to a bill or resolution shall be considered unless a written copy of the amended version has been presented to the County Clerk for preparation and distribution to each Council Member present.However, a floor amendment may be verbal if limited to correction of manifest clerical or typographical errors or errors in numbering, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and gender terms, provided that the correction will not alter the meaning or effect of the underlying bill or resolution. It must be seconded, is debatable and generally amendable, requires a majority vote for passage, and can be reconsidered. (Example: “I move to amend Bill or Resolution ‘X’ with the contents of Communication ‘Y’.(Section 12, Robert’s Rules of Order) (h)Close file on subject matter. A motion to “close fes discussion on a matter and records the report or presentation in the permanent history of the Council or Committee. Communications are finalized by a vote to “close fil (Example: “I move to close file on communication ‘X’. 5. Point of Order. A member can raise a question of whether or not something is inappropriate or wrong when the member feels that the rules of the Council or Committee are being violated, thereby calling upon the Chairperson for a ruling and an enforcement of the rules. It does not require a second, is not amendable, cannot be reconsidered and is not debatable. (Section 23, Robert’s Rules of Order) 13-3