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24 <br />29 <br /> An amendment to a motion must be pertinent <br />11.To Amend. <br />to the subject of the motion. An amendment is improper if <br />adoption of the motion with that amendment added would <br />have the same effect as rejection of the original motion. A <br />proposal to substitute completely different wording for a <br />motion or an amendment shall be treated as a motion to <br />amend. There may be an amendment to the motion and an <br />amendment to an amendment, but no further amendments. <br />Any amendment to a proposed ordinance shall be reduced <br />to writing. A vote on a motion to amend a motion may be <br />regarded as a vote on the motion as amended if that is de- <br />termined to be the intent of the board. <br />Comment: This motion is identical to the motion of the same <br />name in except for the requirement for <br />RobertÔs Rules of Order <br />written amendments to proposed ordinances. <br /> The motion is in order at any time <br />12.To Revive Consideration. <br />within one hundred days of a vote deferring consideration <br />of it. A substantive motion on which consideration has been <br />deferred expires one hundred days after the deferral, un- <br />less a motion to revive consideration is adopted. <br />Comment: This motion replaces the motion to take up from the <br />table in and was renamed in order to avoid <br />RobertÔs Rules of Order <br />confusion. This motion may be debated and amended; the motion <br />in RobertÔs Rules of Order may not. If the motion to revive cons <br />eration is not successful within 100 days of the original deferr <br />date, the substantive motion expires. The subject matter of the <br />motion may be brought forward again by a new motion. <br />The board may vote to reconsider its action <br />13.To Reconsider. <br />on a matter. The motion to do so must be made by a member <br />who voted with the prevailing side (the majority, except in <br />the case of a tie; in that case the ÑnosÒ prevail) and only at t <br />meeting during which the original vote was taken, including <br />any continuation of that meeting through recess to a time <br />and place certain. The motion cannot interrupt deliberation <br />on a pending matter but is in order at any time before final <br />adjournment of the meeting. If a member wishes to reverse <br />an action taken at a previous meeting, he or she generally <br />may make a new motion having the opposite effect of the prior <br />action. <br /> <br />