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<br />EXHIBIT "A" <br /> <br />CODE OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES <br /> <br />FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES <br /> <br />I. 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. <br />4. Those voting in the minority shall be recognized for their right of dissent. <br />S. 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 Board and what its affect will be. <br />7. All meetings of the City Commission shall be characterized by fairness and good <br />faith among Board members. <br />8. Each member shall address fellow members of the Board as Commissioner <br />'surname' or Mayor '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 in vote of the Board 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 />S. The Mayor restates the motion to the Board. <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 Board as an agenda <br />item. It may also be a Commission directive for action by staff or other third <br />parties as outlined within the motion. AFTER a main motion has been made and <br />seconded, it becomes the subject for deliberation and a decision by the Board. <br />2. SUBSIDIARY MOTIONS - a subsidiary motion alters the main motion that is <br />before the Board at the time it is applied. Frequent subsidiary motions include: <br /> <br />I <br />