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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] RESOLUTION NO. 230743
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Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea
RESOLUTION - Amending rules 3.11, 5.01, and 6.01 of the Standing Rules of the City Council of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, relating to reconsideration of ordinances and resolutions, motions to amend, and division of the question by repealing these three rules and enacting in lieu thereof three new rules of like number and subject matter.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That rules 3.11, 5.01, and 6.01 of the Standing Rules of the City Council of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, relating to reconsideration of ordinances and resolutions, motions to amend, and division of the question by repealing these three rules and enacting in lieu thereof three new rules of like number and subject matter, to read as follows:
Rule 3.11 Reconsideration of ordinances and resolutions
(a) After the decision upon any ordinance or resolution, any Councilmember who voted with the prevailing side may move for reconsideration of the ordinance or resolution not otherwise in effect at the same or next meeting.
(b) Notwithstanding section (a), after the decision upon any ordinance submitted to the Council under the initiative, an emergency ordinance, or an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as defined in Section 503 of the City Charter, any Councilmember who voted with the prevailing side may only move for reconsideration of an ordinance not otherwise in effect at the same meeting.
(c) A motion to reconsider shall be adopted upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast. Once a motion for reconsideration of a decision has been adopted and acted upon, or has been rejected, no other motion for a reconsideration of the decision shall be made at the same meeting without unanimous consent of the Councilmembers who are present. This rule does not affect the right of the Mayor to require reconsideration under the provis...
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