File #: 30-25    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 1/9/2025 In control: Rules & Ordinance Committee
On agenda: 1/14/2025 Final action:
Title: Order: That Section 34.00 (RESERVED) of the 2023 City Council Rule Book be amended by renaming the section 'PHRASING OF MOTIONS' Be it further amended by adding a new subsection 34.01 by inserting the following: "All motions regarding actions of the City Council must be phrased as positive relative to the status quo and may not be phrased in the negative. This section shall not prevent the Council from enacting any order in its power."
Sponsors: Carey McDonald
Attachments: 1. 2023 City Council Rule Book

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Order:  That Section 34.00 (RESERVED) of the 2023 City Council Rule Book be amended by renaming the section ‘PHRASING OF MOTIONS’

Be it further amended by adding a new subsection 34.01 by inserting the following: “All motions regarding actions of the City Council must be phrased as positive relative to the status quo and may not be phrased in the negative. This section shall not prevent the Council from enacting any order in its power.”