TR-92-48 OALq
900ou TR-12-48 amended 9/30/92 WGrrkskc-p
A RESOLUTI ESTABLISH NEW RULES AND TO AMEND
THE ESTABLISHED RULES OF THE AGAWAM TOWN COUNCIL
Sponsor : Council President Joanne H. Willis �Cy��
WHEREAS, The Agawam Town Council has adopted a set of rules to
provide for the orderly process of Council business and to provide _
parliamentary rule for its meetings; and `'
WHEREAS, The rules and regulations of the Agawam Town Caunci � �_-�-
must provide for the judicious exercise of the duties and
responsibilities of the members of the Agawam Town Council ; and
WHEREAS , Said rules and regulations may from time to time be
modified and amended to meet the needs of the Town Council ;
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NOW, THEREFORE, The Agawam Town Council does hereby resolve to
adopt the following rules by separate vote on each proposal .
1 . ADD TO RULE #8 , UNDER SECTION A:
1 ) Point of information - shall be a request for information
relevant to the matter under discussion.
2 ) Point of order - shall be a challenge to the procedure in
use at the time the point is raised.
3 ) Any member justifying his/her discussion under the
provisions of ( 1 ) or ( 2 ) shall immediately be ruled out
of order if he/she begins a discussion of the substance
of the issues on the floor.
4 ) Any question asked of a member shall be asked through the
chair .
2 . UNDER RULE 08 , DELETE SECTION B -- AND ADD SECTION B -
SPEAKING ON ONE ISSUE
No member shall speak on the same question more than once,
L until all other members choosing to speak have spoken nor
shall any member speak more than twice to the same motion or
more than ten ( 10 ) minutes at each time, without obtaining
the leave of the Council .
3 . ADD TO RULE #18:
All amendments which are proposed and presented during a
' meeting , if they exceed ten ( 10) words, shall be in writing.
4. ADD TO RULE 034, SECTION A :
' Any member shall have the right to appear before any
committee of the Council and be heard .
5 . ADD TO RULE #34, SECTION B:
The chair erson of any committee may cancel a scheduled
meeting for cause; otherwise , the senior member s_length of
service shall preside at the scheduled committee
meeting.
6 . ADD NEW RULE 045 :
The Council shall determine by agenda item the Departments,
Boards and Commissions who shall have representation at
meetings of the Council . The President shall inform the
Mayor of the wishes of the Council and shall request that the
Mayor so inform the Departments, Boards and Commissions
concerned. A committee chair shall determine the
Departments , Boards and Commissions who shall have
' representation at committee meetings and shall request that
the Mayor so inform the Departments, Boards and Commissions
concerned.
DATED THIS E{1MMENjH- —.—.._—_ _DAY OF 1992 .
' PEA ORDER OF THE AGAWAM TOWN COUNCIL
' Aanne H . Willis
Council President
APP AS 0 ORM A EG ITY
OMAS S. Low, SOLICITOR