MIN CHARTER 2018-07-13 (2018-2020)

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Charter Commission -1 July 13, 2018 member and to wait until you have the floor would make the matter moot. So, when you call for a point of order you do not require the floor, you just interject. MR. YOSHIMOTO: Alright. Suspension of rules, that may come up if there's something in the rules that we need to suspend in order to move forward with commission business that may come up whether it's, perhaps, the setting of a meeting that somehow, doesn't fit within the needs of the corrnnission, you know, the commission is free to do that. Recess speaks for itself Withdrawal of motion means basically you just take back what you put forward and point of information is basically, just asking a question, which is what we would always do anyway. Okay, that covers the Parliamentary Procedures, any question? Ms. Leithead Todd. MS LEITHEAD TODD: Okay. We're entitled to—we have 11 members. Quorum is a majority of the members that we're entitled to have, which would be—we have to have six present in order to hold a meeting. In order to pass a motion, does it require a vote of the majority that the board is entitled to or a majority of those present? MR. YOSHIMOTO: Those present. MR. HENRICKS: There are circumstances where you will need at least six people to—for the motion to be adopted. And there are other matters that would be more procedural, we would just need a majority of those present. MR. YOSHIMOTO: Right. MR. HENRICKS: Our rules are currently written, if I'm not mistaken, to where—clearly to me, the most important motion, the most significant one is to pass a proposal on first reading or second reading. That is not a procedural motion, that would require—if you only had six people present it would require a unanimous vote to do so, not four. To enter into executive session, and this will come later I believe in the presentation, you need a two-thirds vote and that matters too. It's not just two- thirds of those present, it would have to be at least six people. So, if you had six people here and there's a bare majority, you need all six people to vote yes for an executive session. So, they'll be times when you'll only need a majority of those present for procedural matters, and there will be times when you need to have at least six people vote in the affirmative. And, we'll be here to provide guidance on that as those things arise. Page 20