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<br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />CODE OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES <br /> <br />FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES <br /> <br />1. The purpose of these procedures is to facilitate the transaction of City business and <br />to promote cooperation and harmony among elected and appointed City officials, <br />staff and the public attending City meetings. <br />2. All members of the City Commission have equal rights, privileges and obligations <br />associated with their positions as duly elected officials of City government. <br />3. The majority vote decides all issues coming before the City Commission except for <br />items/matters not on the agenda( s) as stated below in paragraph entitled "Voting on <br />Matters Not on the Agenda(s). <br />4. Those voting in the minority shall be recognized for their right of dissent. <br />5. Full and open discussion of each issue presented for a decision is an established <br />right of all City Commissioners. <br />6. Each member of the City Commission has the right to know the meaning of the <br />question before the Commission and what its affect will be. <br />7. All meetings of the City Commission shall be characterized by fairness and good <br />faith among its members. <br />8. Each member shall address fellow members as Commissioner 'surname' or Mayor <br />'surname' . <br /> <br />PRESENTATION OF MOTIONS <br /> <br />A 'motion' is the formal statement of a proposed action of the City Commission as offered <br />for consideration by vote of the Commission members present. <br /> <br />I. A member addresses the Mayor with a request to propose a motion. <br />2. The member is recognized by the Mayor. <br />3. The member proposes a motion. <br />4. Another member seconds the motion. <br />5. The Mayor restates the motion to the Commission. <br /> <br />CLASSIFICATION OF MOTIONS <br /> <br />I. MAIN MOTIONS - the main motion brings forward a substantive issue for <br />consideration of action by the City Commission. It may include the proposed <br />enactment of an ordinance or resolution as presented to the Commission as an <br />agenda item. It may also be a Commission directive for action by staff or other <br />third parties as outlined within the motion. AFTER a main motion has been made <br />and seconded, it becomes the subject for deliberation and a decision by the <br />Commission. <br /> <br />1 <br />