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IX. TABLE OF COMMON MOTIONS <br />Type of <br />Second <br />Debatable? <br />Vote <br />Effect <br />Motion <br />needed? <br />Main <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />Dependent upon subject <br />Proposes a new idea or <br />matter of motion (see <br />action <br />"Voting" requirements, <br />page 9) <br />Amend <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />Majority of the members <br />Amends the language of <br />of the Council present <br />pending main motion <br />and voting <br />Substitute <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />Majority of the members <br />Replaces pending main <br />of the Council present <br />motion in its entirety <br />and voting <br />End Debate <br />Yes <br />No <br />2/3 of the members of <br />Ends debate on a matter <br />(call the <br />the Council present and <br />question) <br />voting <br />Continue <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />Majority of the members <br />Suspends consideration <br />matter to <br />of the Council present <br />of matter until a later <br />date certain <br />and voting <br />meeting date <br />Recess <br />Yes <br />No <br />Majority of the members <br />Postpones meeting for a <br />of the Council present <br />period of time <br />and voting <br />Adjourn <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />Majority of the members <br />Ends meeting <br />of the Council present <br />and voting <br />Reconsider; <br />Yes; by <br />Yes; but <br />2/3 of the members of <br />Reconsideration of <br />motion must <br />any <br />only as to <br />the Council present and <br />previously -adopted <br />be made by <br />member <br />reasons for <br />voting <br />motion; must be at same <br />member on <br />reconsidera <br />meeting or next regular <br />prevailing <br />tion. <br />meeting <br />side <br />Table <br />Yes <br />No <br />Majority of the members <br />Places main motion and <br />of the Council present <br />all pending amendments <br />and voting <br />aside temporarily with <br />the intention of bringing <br />them back at a later time <br />for action <br />Postpone <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />Majority of the members <br />Kills main motion being <br />indefinitely <br />of the Council present <br />discussed <br />and voting <br />Louisville City Council Rules of Procedure page 16 <br />Adopted 1121120 <br />27 <br />