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C. Quorum <br />IV(C)1 <br />At all meetings of the City Council, four members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. <br />TMC 2.04.050 <br />IV(C)2 <br />Confirmations of appointments by the Mayor, budget transfers, personnel levels, and formal motions, resolutions, ordinances and <br />amendments thereto shall require the affirmative votes of four Councilmembers. <br />TMC 2.04.130 <br />D. Seating <br />IV(D) <br />Members of the City Council will be seated at the Council table dais according to scniority of the Council, in order of seniority, except <br />TMC 2.04.060 A updated <br />to match current practice. <br />The Council could consider <br />changing seniority to <br />position number. <br />that the Council President will be seated in the center during Committee of the Whole Meetings and at the right of the Mayor during <br />Regular and Special Meetings. <br />E. General Meeting Decorum <br />IV(E)1 <br />While the City Council is in session, the members must preserve order and decorum and a member shall neither delay nor interrupt the <br />proceedings or the peace of the Council, nor disrupt any member while speaking. <br />New <br />IV(E)2 <br />Meeting participants should focus on the meeting agenda and confine remarks to the question or matter under discussion. <br />New <br />IV(E)3 <br />A Councilmember desiring to speak shall address the presiding officer and when recognized eh-air and, upon recognition by the <br />TMC 2.04.120(A)1 <br />presiding officer, shall confine him/herself their remarks to the question under debate. Recognition of Councilmembers shall bc by <br />:eni rity. Councilmembers will be recognized in the order in which they request the floor, or if that is difficult to determine, by seating <br />position. <br />IV(E)4 <br />Any member, while speaking, shall n t bc interrupted unle.z, it is t call him r her t rdcr. <br />TMC 2.04.120(A)2 <br />Councilmembers shall not be interrupted unless it is to be called to order. <br />IV(E)5 <br />No Councilmember shall speak a second time on the same item until each Councilmember has been given an opportunity to speak. <br />TMC 2.04.120(A)3 <br />motion before an opportunity has been ach Councilmember to speak on that motion. <br />given <br />F. Motions, Debate, and Voting <br />IV(F)1 <br />Prior to discussion of an action item, a Councilmember must make a motion, which must be seconded by another Councilmember, to <br />place it on the table, except those motions described in 2 below, which do not require a second. <br />New <br />IV(F)2 <br />Motions not requiring a second include nominations, withdrawal of a motion, request for a roll call vote, and point of order. <br />New <br />IV(F)3 <br />After a motion has been made and seconded (if required), Councilmembers may discuss their opinions on the issue prior to the vote, <br />including why they will vote for or against the motion. <br />New <br />IV(F)4 <br />Councilmembers may request a presentation or ask clarifying questions of staff prior to beginning debate. <br />New <br />