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making motions: <br />1. Before a motion can be considered or debated it must be seconded; <br />however, no action taken shall be invalidated simply because a <br />motion was not properly made, seconded or recorded. <br />2. A member of the Council who wishes to make a motion should do so <br />through a verbal request to the Chair. <br />3. Once the motion has been made and seconded, the Chair shall open <br />the matter for discussion offering the first opportunity to the moving <br />party and thereafter to any member of the Council recognized by the <br />Chair. <br />4. Once the matter has been discussed and the Chair calls for a vote, <br />no further discussion will be allowed; provided, however, that <br />members of the Council may be allowed to explain their votes. <br />F. AMENDMENTS TO MOTIONS: Once a motion has been made and <br />seconded, any member of the Council who did not make or second the <br />motion may offer an amendment to the motion. If the members of the <br />Council who made and seconded the motion accept the offered <br />amendment, then the motion shall be considered amended without <br />necessity of a separate motion on the "friendly amendment" and the Council <br />may then vote on the motion, as amended. If such an offered "friendly <br />amendment" is rejected by either of the members who made or seconded <br />the motion, then a Council vote shall be taken on the proposed amendment. <br />For sake of clarity, Council shall strive to ensure that no main motion shall <br />be amended more than two (2) times, either by a friendly amendment or <br />amendments adopted by Council vote. <br />G. SUBSTITUTE MOTIONS: Any member of the Council shall have the right to <br />make a substitute motion. Such a motion shall be offered only to substitute <br />a new motion for the entirety of a pending motion. A substitute motion <br />requires a second, may be amended in accordance with previous section, <br />and shall take precedence over the pending motion. If the substitute motion <br />is not seconded or is not adopted, then the Council shall proceed with <br />consideration of the pending motion as if the substitute motion were never <br />made. <br />H. DISCUSSION: Speakers shall confine themselves to the question under <br />discussion. All discussion must be germane to the agenda item. <br />MOTION TO END DEBATE: Any member of the Council may make a <br />Louisville City Council Rules of Procedure page 13 <br />Adopted 1121120 <br />24 <br />