2018-12-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   11 DECEMBER 2018




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                11 DECEMBER 2018

                                             Standing Orders for meetings of Noosa Shire Council

   21  Motion to be seconded
       A motion or an amendment to a motion shall not be debated at a local government meeting
       unless or until the motion or the amendment is seconded, with the exception of Mayoral
       minutes.

   22 Amendment of motion
       (1) An amendment to a motion shall be in terms that retain the identity of the original
           motion and does not directly negate the motion.
       (2) No more than one motion or one proposed amendment to a motion may be put before
           a local government meeting at any one time.
       (3) Where an amendment to a motion is before a local government meeting, no other
           amendment to the motion shall be considered until after the first anendment has been
           determined.
       (4) A member who moves or seconds a motion may not propose or second an
           amendment to that motion.
       (5) Any amendment to a motion must be proposed before the mover of the motion has
           exercised their right of reply.
       (6) Where an amendment is carried, the original motion cannot become a further
           amendment.

   23 Speaking to motions and amendments
       (1) The mover of a motion or amendment shall not speak to a motion or amendment until
           it is seconded.
       (2) A member may request further information from or through the Chairperson before or
           after the motion or amendment is seconded.
       (3) Following the seconding of a motion or amendment, the Chair shall call for speakers
           on the motion with the mover of the motion having the right to speak first.
       (4) A right of reply may be exercised by -
            (a) the mover of a motion; or
            (b) the mover of the motion when a procedural motion that the motion be put is
               carried.
       (5) Each member shall speak no more than once to the same motion or same
           amendment except as a right to reply.
       (6) Once the right of reply has been exercised, the debate is closed.
       (7) Each speaker shall be restricted to not more than five (5) minutes unless the
           Chairperson rules otherwise.
       (8) Where two or more members rise to speak at the same time, the Chairperson shall
           determine who is entitled to priority.

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