A. Appeal from Decision. All question of order shall be determined by the chairman in the first instance without debate, or with such debate as the chairman, in his discretion, may permit; but any member may appeal to the council from the decision of the chairman.

B. Debatable Motion. All motions, except motions to adjourn, to recess, and to lay on the table, shall be debatable.

C. Roll Call Vote. Upon any question, at the request of a council member, a roll call vote shall be ordered, whereupon the clerk shall call the roll and take names of all who voted "ayes" and all who voted "nay," which the clerk shall enter in the minutes. Any member may have his vote recorded on any question.

D. Debate of Question. No motion shall be debated until it is duly seconded and shall have been stated by the chairman. Any motion shall, if desired by the chairman or any other member, be reduced in writing and delivered to the chairman and read before it shall be debated.

E. Suspension of question. A question before the council shall be suspended by:

1. A question of order.

2. A question of privilege.

3. A question of taking a recess or adjournment.

F. Interruption of Debate. When a question is under debate, no motion besides those mentioned in the next preceding rule shall be received except:

1. To recess.

2. To lay on the table.

3. For the previous question.

4. To adjourn debate to a subsequent meeting.

5. To commit or recommit.

6. To strike out the ordaining or resolving words.

7. To amend.

G. Precedence of Motions. A motion to strike out the ordaining words of an ordinance, or resolving words of a resolution, shall have precedence over a motion to amend and, if carried, shall be considered as equivalent to rejection.

H. Motion to Adjourn and to Recess. Motions to adjourn, recess and to recede subject to the call of the chair shall always be in order, except while the council is actually engaged in deciding a question.

I. Substitutions in the Chair. The chairman, in the absence of the vice chairman, or the vice chairman, when he is presiding, may name a member to fill his place during an occasional absence from the chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond that meeting. In the absence of the chairman and the vice chairman, the council shall elect an acting chairman to serve until the return of the chairman or the vice chairman.

J. Receipt of Information. When a member of the council receives any information or is presented with any matter, which will ultimately require action by the council, he shall promptly report such matter to the chairman for further action by the council. No action shall be taken by any committee of council until it first has been presented to the council or is officially assigned to a committee by the chairman.

K. Parliamentary Procedure Not Specified in these Rules. In all particulars not determined by these rules, or by law, the chairman or other presiding officer shall be guided by the previous usage of council or by parliamentary law and procedure as it may be collected from Robert’s Rule of Order. (Ord. 01-O-09 §§ 2.5--2.5.11, 2001)