County Council Committees

March 1	New council takes office*
March	Monthly requisition of county commission* County quarterly report UMca C204 Certificate of Membership Schedule of meeting dates Affirmative action report UM-UE 103A, County budget summary UM-UE 122, County general operating budget UM-UE 123, County other budget
April	Monthly requisition to county commission*
May	Monthly requisition to county commission*
June	County quarterly report Monthly requisition to county commission*
July	Monthly requisition to county commission*
August	Monthly requisition to county commission*
September	County quarterly report Monthly requisition to county commission*
October	Nominate budget committee Nominate election committee Monthly requisition to county commission*
December	Publish legal notice for county election* County quarterly report Prepare annual financial summary* Monthly requisition to county commission* Prepare annual report* Present proposed budget to county commission
January	Hold council election* Monthly requisition to county commission*

Chart of Precedence of Motions and Summary of Rules Governing Them

	May interrupt a speaker	Requires a second	Debatable	Vote required	Motions that may apply
Privileged motions
1. To fix time to which to adjourn	No	Yes	Limited	Majority	Amend, Reconsider
2. To adjourn (unqualified)	No	Yes	No	Majority	None
3. To take a recess	No	Yes	Limited	Majority	Amend
4. To rise to a question of privilege	Yes	No	No	Chairman rules	All
5. To call for the others of the day	Yes	No	No	None	None
Subsidiary motions
6. To lay on the table	No	Yes	No	Majority	None
7. To call for the previous question	No	Yes	No	2/3	Reconsider
8. To limit: or extend limits, of debate	No	Yes	Limited	2/3	Amend, reconsider
9. To postpone definitely	No	Yes	Limited	Majority	Amend, reconsider, previous question
10. To refer to a committee	No	Yes	Limited	Majority	Amend, reconsider, previous question
11. To amend	No	Yes	Yes	Majority	Amend, reconsider, previous question
12. To postpone indefinitely	No	Yes	Yes	Majority	Limited debate, previous question, reconsider
Main motions
13. a. General main motions	No	Yes	Yes	Majority	All
b. Specific main motions
To take from the table	No	Yes	No	Majority	None
To reconsider	Yes	Yes	Yes	Majority	Limited debate, previous question, table
To reconsider and have entered on minutes	Yes	Yes	No	None until called for	Postpone definitely
To rescind	No	Yes	Yes	2/3	All
To expunge	No	Yes	Yes	2/3	All
To adopt a resolution	No	Yes	Yes	Majority	All
To adjourn (qualified)	No	Yes	Limited	Majority	All
To create orders of the day	No	Yes	Yes	Gen., Maj., Spec.	All
(special)				2/3
To amend (constitution, etc.)	No	Yes	Yes	2/3	All
Incidental motions
To suspend rules	No	Yes	No	2/3	None
To withdraw a motion	No	No	No	Majority	Reconsider
To read papers	No	Yes	No	Majority	Reconsider
To object to consideration	Yes	No	No	2/3	Reconsider
To rise to a point of order	Yes	No	No	Chairman rules or Majority	None
To rise to parliamentary inquiry	Yes	No	No	None	None
To appeal from the decision of the chair	Yes	Yes	Limited	Majority	All except amend
To call for a division of a question	No	Yes	No	Majority	Amend

Parliamentary Procedure
based on Roberts Rules of Order
*Not amendable

To do this	You say this	May you interrupt the speaker?	Must you be seconded?	Is the motion debatable?	What vote is required
*Adjourn the meeting	"I move the meeting to be adjourned"	No	Yes	No	Majority
*Recess the meting	"move the meeting be recessed until..."	No	Yes	No	Majority
*Complain about noise, room temperature, etc.	"Point of privilege"	Yes	No	No	No Vote
*Suspend further consideration of something	"I move to table the motion"	No	Yes	No	Majority
End debate	"I move the previous question"	No	Yes	No	2/3 vote
Postpone consideration of something	"I move this matter to be referred to a committee"	No	Yes	Yes	Majority
Have something studied further	"I move this matter to be referred to a committee"	No	Yes	Yes	Majority
Amend a motion	"I move that this motion be amend by"	No	Yes	Yes	Majority
Introduce business (a primary motion)	"I move that ..."	No	Yes	Yes	Majority
*Object to a procedure or to a personal affront	"Point of order"	Yes	No	No	No vote, chair decides
*Request information	"Point of information"	Yes	No	No	No vote
*Ask for a vote by actual county to verify a voice vote	"I call for a division of the house"	No	No	No	No vote
*Object to considering some undiplomatic matter	"I object to consideration of this question"	Yes	No	No	2/3 vote
*Take up a matter previously tabled	"I move to take from the table"	No	Yes	No	Majority
Reconsider something already disposed of	"I move to reconsider the action relative to ..."	Yes	Yes	Yes	Majority
Consider something out of its scheduled order	"I move to suspend the rules and consider ..."	No	Yes	No	2/3 vote
Vote on a ruling by the chair	"I appeal the chair's decision"	Yes	Yes	Yes	Majority
*source unknown

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		Tony DeLong, delongt@missouri.edu County Council Coordinator Last modified: September 22, 2004