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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA    28 APRIL 2014




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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                  28 APRIL 2014

                                       Standing Orders for meetings of Noosa Shire Council 2014

   19 Deputations
       A deputation may be received at a meeting where written application has been received
       and the Mayor has agreed to such deputation.
   Part3        Procedures for making determinations
   Motions

   20 Motions
       (1) A motion brought before a local govemment meeting in accordance with these
           Standing Orders shall be received and put to the meeting by the Chairperson.
       (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.
       (3) When a motion has been moved and seconded, it shall become subject to the
           control of the local government and shall not be withdrawn by the mover and
           seconder without the consent of the local govemment.
       (4) 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.
   21 Motion to be seconded
       A motion or an amendment to a motion shall not be debated at a local govemment
       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 amendment 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.

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