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24 25 <br /> after a specified period of time prevents using the motion to <br /> defeat a proposal by referring it to a committee that intends to <br /> take no action on it. If the board does not use committees, this <br /> rule is unnecessary. <br /> 11. To Amend. An amendment to a motion must be pertinent <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 Robert's Rules of Order except for the requirement for <br /> written amendments to proposed ordinances. <br /> 12. To Revive Consideration. The motion is in order at any time <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 Robert's Rules of Order and was renamed in order to avoid <br /> confusion. This motion may be debated and amended;the motion <br /> in Robert's Rules of Order may not.If the motion to revive consid- <br /> eration is not successful within 100 days of the original deferral <br /> date, the substantive motion expires. The subject matter of the <br /> motion may be brought forward again by a new motion. <br /> 13. To Reconsider. The board may vote to reconsider its action <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 "nos" prevail) and only at the <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 />