13-2496 Amending Code of Parlimentary Procedures

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a ruling from the Mayor on the question raised and enforcement of the rules, subject to appeal after the Mayor's ruling). e. Parliamentary inquiry (to enable a Commissioner (a) to ask the parliamentarian a question relating to procedure in connection with the pending motion or with a motion the Commissioner may wish to bring before the Commission immediately, or for information on the meaning or effect of the pending question; or (b) to ask the speaker or the Commissioner proposing a motion a question about the pending motion). f. Withdrawal of a motion (enables the Commissioner that has proposed a motion to remove it from consideration by the Commission). g. Division of a question (to divide a motion that is composed of two or more independent parts into individual motions that may be considered and voted upon separately). h. Roll call vote (to verify an indecisive voice vote by requiring that the City Clerk of the City call for and report the vote on an item before the Commission). DISCUSSION AND DEBATE A prime purpose of deliberative governing bodies is to secure the collective judgment of the group on proposals submitted to it for a decision. Thus, the right of each Commissioner and the City Manager to participate in the discussion on each matter of business before the Commission is a fundamental principle of parliamentary law and the Charter of the City of Casselberry. Debate is to be regulated by parliamentary procedures in order to assure that each Commissioner and the City Manager has a reasonable and equal opportunity to be heard. OBTAINING RECOGNITION FOR DEBATE 1. As soon as a debatable motion has been moved, seconded and stated by the Mayor, any Commissioner has the right to discuss it after being recognized by the Mayor. A Commissioner who has been recognized is entitled to be heard as long as the rules of debate are observed. 2. Usually, the Commissioner that has proposed the motion should be allowed the opportunity to speak first to the issue being discussed and usually is allowed to speak last on it. 3. A Commissioner that has not spoken to an issue should be allowed priority to speak over Commissioners that have spoken previously to the motion under consideration. 4. The Mayor should alternate between proponents and opponents of a motion whenever possible to assure that discussion occurs more equitably. Casselberry City Commission Code of Parliamentary Procedures Adopted via Resolution 13 -2496 — May 13, 2013 Page (3