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f. If the motion is ruled out of order,the motion shall not be considered. If the motion is ruled <br /> in order,the presiding officer shall open the motion for debate(if applicable). <br /> g. The presiding officer's ruling may be appealed as provided in Rule 7. <br /> 5. Debate. Generally only one motion may be considered at a time in debate. Once a motion <br /> has been made,the presiding officer shall restate the motion and open the motion for <br /> debate, if the motion is debatable.The presiding officer shall conduct the debate in <br /> accordance with the following: <br /> a. For initial comments, all comments shall be limited to five minutes. For subsequent <br /> comments, all comments shall be limited to two minutes. <br /> b. The maker of the motion shall be permitted to speak first on the issue. <br /> c. To the extent possible,the debate shall alternate between proponents and opponents of <br /> the measure. <br /> d. Everyone who wishes to speak on the issue must be permitted to speak once, before <br /> councilmembers who have already spoken are permitted to speak again. <br /> e. Councilmembers shall avoid repeating points already made in the debate or other <br /> duplicative conduct that may delay the proceedings. Where a point has already been made, <br /> councilmembers may affirm agreement or disagreement. <br /> f. Generally only one motion may be considered at a time in debate. Debate may only be <br /> interrupted by a motion to amend the original motion, a motion to take a brief recess, a <br /> motion to withdraw the motion by the motion's maker, a motion to divide a complex <br /> question, a motion to defer consideration to a later date, a motion to refer an issue to <br /> commission, motion for the previous question, a motion to limit debate,or a motion for a <br /> call to order. When debate is interrupted by any of these motions,the interrupting motion <br /> shall be resolved prior to resuming debate. <br /> 6. Definitions of motions that may interrupt debate(secondary motions).As explained in#5, <br /> only certain motions may interrupt debate on a motion.These are called secondary <br /> motions. When a secondary motion is made,the presiding officer must follow the same <br /> procedures in#3 to consider the secondary motion. <br /> A secondary motion must be resolved, either by being ruled out of order by the presiding <br /> officer or debated and voted upon by the council, before debate on the main motion can <br /> resume.Secondary motions may also be made outside of debate,where appropriate. For <br /> example, a motion to take a brief recess can be made before,during,or after a debate. <br /> a. Motion to amend the original motion.The maker of the motion does not need to consent <br /> to a motion to amend. However, he or she may vote against the amendment or withdraw <br /> their motion via a motion to withdraw prior to any amendment being approved. Only two <br /> amendments may be made to an original motion to avoid confusion.The amendments <br /> should be voted on in reverse order,with the last amendment being voted upon first.To <br /> Page 9 <br />