(a) No appeal from any decision of the Chair shall be entertained unless it is seconded, and no other business shall be in order until the question on appeal has been decided. The question on appeal is not debatable and shall be put as follows: “Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the Council?” It shall be deemed to be decided in the affirmative unless a majority of the votes given are to the contrary.

(b) Any member may make a point of order without a second at any time. The Chair may speak to points of order in preference to other members, and shall decide all such questions, subject to appeal to the Council by motion duly seconded; and no other business shall be in order until the question on appeal has been decided.

(c) When a vote has been taken, any member who voted on the prevailing side may move a reconsideration thereof at the same meeting or at the next succeeding meeting whenever motions are in order; provided, that the subject matter has not passed out of the control of the Council and adequate public notice is provided before the matter is reconsidered.

(d) A motion to reconsider requires four (4) votes; if such motion thus prevails, the subject shall be open to debate and amendment in the same manner as the original question. Debate on motions to reconsider shall be limited to twenty-five (25) minutes, and no member shall speak more than five (5) minutes. No motion shall be reconsidered more than once.

(e) A motion must be reduced to writing if the presiding officer so requires or any member so demands, and no other motion shall be entertained until reasonable time (not over ten (10) minutes) if afforded for compliance with this rule.

(f) All motions shall require a second, unless otherwise provided.

(g) After a motion is stated or read by the presiding officer, it shall be deemed to be in the possession of the Council, and shall be disposed of by vote, but the mover may withdraw it at any time before decision or amendment, by consent of the second.

(h) The motion “to postpone to a certain time” is the motion by which action on a pending question or agenda item can be deferred beyond the next meeting to a definite day, meeting or hour, or until after a certain event.