2019-08-06 S&O Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 2 - Draft New Standing Orders for Noosa Council

23. Motions
23.1 A Councillor is required to ‘move’ a motion and then another Councillor is required to ‘second’
     the motion, with the exception of Mayoral Minutes which are moved by the Mayor and do not
     require a seconder.
23.2 The Chairperson may require a motion or amendment to a motion to be stated in full or be in
     writing before permitting it to be received.
23.3 When a motion has been moved and seconded, it shall become subject to the control of
     Council and shall not be withdrawn or modified without the consent of the mover, seconder
     and Council.
23.4 Other Councillors can propose amendments to the motion which must be voted on before
     voting on the final motion.
23.5 A motion brought before a meeting of Council in accordance with the Local Government Act
     2009 or these Standing Orders shall be received and put to the meeting by the Chairperson.
23.6 The Chairperson shall call the motions in the order in which they appear on the agenda, and
     where no objection is taken to a motion being taken as a formal motion, the Chairperson may
     put the motion to the vote without discussion.


24. Motion to be Seconded
24.1 A motion or an amendment to a motion shall not be debated at a meeting of Council unless or
     until the motion or the amendment is seconded, with the exception of Mayoral minutes.
24.2 A motion or an amendment which does not receive a seconder shall lapse.


25. Amendment of Motion
25.1 An amendment to a motion shall be in terms which retain the identity of the original motion and
     does not directly negate the motion.
25.2 No more than one motion or one proposed amendment to a motion may be put before a
     meeting of Council at any one time.
25.3 Where an amendment to a motion is before a meeting of Council, no other amendment to the
     motion shall be considered until after the first amendment has been determined.
25.4 A Councillor who moves or seconds a motion may not propose or second an amendment to
     that motion.
25.5 Any amendment to a motion must be proposed before the mover of the motion has exercised
     their right of reply.
25.6 Where an amendment is carried, the original motion cannot become a further amendment


26. Speaking to Motions and Amendments
26.1 The mover of a motion or amendment shall read it and shall state that it is so moved but shall
     not speak to it until it is seconded.
26.2 The Chairperson will manage the debate by allowing the Councillor who proposed the motion
     the option of speaking first on the motion. The Chairperson will then call on any other Councillor
     who wishes to speak until all Councillors who wish to speak have had the opportunity.
26.3 A Councillor may make a request from or through the Chairperson for further information or
     ask a question before or after the motion or amendment is seconded.



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