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

26.4 A motion or amendment may be withdrawn or modified by the mover thereof with the consent
     of the seconder and Council, which shall be signified without debate, and a Councillor shall not
     speak upon such motion or amendment thereof after the mover has been granted permission
     by the seconder and Council for its withdrawal.
26.5 The mover of a motion or amendment shall have the right to reply with the exception of the
     procedural motion ‘that the motion be put’. Each Councillor shall speak no more than once to
     the same motion or same amendment except as a right of reply.
26.6 Once the right of reply has been exercised, the debate is closed
26.7 Each speaker shall be restricted to not more than five (5) minutes unless the Chairperson rules
     otherwise.
26.8 Where two or more Councillors indicate they may wish to speak at the same time, the
     Chairperson shall determine who is entitled to priority.
26.9 In accordance with Section 273 of the Local Government Regulation 2012, if a decision made
     at a meeting is inconsistent with a recommendation or advice given to Council by an advisor
     of the Council, the minutes of the meeting must include a statement of the reasons for not
     adopting the recommendation or advice.


27. Procedural Motions
27.1 A Councillor at a meeting of Council may, during the debate of a matter at the meeting, move,
     as a procedural motion, the following motions:
      a)    that the motion be put
      b)    that the motion or amendment now before the meeting be deferred
      c)    that the meeting proceed to the next item of business
      d)    that the matter lie on the table
      e)    that the matter be taken from the table
      f)    that the Chairperson’s ruling be dissented from
      g)    to suspend the rule requiring that (insert requirement)
      h)    that the meeting stand adjourned
      i)    that the meeting of Council be closed or opened to the public
      A procedural motion must be seconded.
27.2 That the motion be put -
      a)    May be moved at any time to finalise debate of a motion unless the Councillor is the
            mover, seconder or has spoken to the original motion or subsequent amendment;
      b)    If carried, the Chairperson shall immediately put the question to the motion or
            amendment to that motion under consideration;
      c)    If lost, debate on the motion or amendment to that motion shall continue.
27.3 That the motion or amendment now before the meeting be deferred -
      a)    Must specify a time or date, to which the debate shall be deferred;
      b)    The matter about which the debate is to be deferred shall be included in the business
            paper for the meeting identified in Section 27.3a).
27.4 That the meeting proceed to the next item of business –
      a)    Debate on the matter that is the subject of the motion shall cease and may be considered
            again by Council on the giving of notice in accordance with the Standing Orders.




Standing Orders for Council Meetings                                                         Page 13