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Title
Creating Section 33.01(8)(e) of the Madison General Ordinances to codify the rules when a Sub-unit loses quorum during a meeting.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance codifies a portion of Robert's Rules of Order, see 11th edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, p.347, ll. 20-32, p. 349, ll. 8-21.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
Subdivision (e) of Subsection (8) entitled "Attendance, Quorum and Voting" of Section 33.01 entitled "Boards, Commissions, and Committees Procedures" of the Madison General Ordinances is created to read as follows:
"(e) If a Sub-unit commences a meeting with a quorum, and at any time thereafter loses quorum, the Sub-unit may only take the following actions in the absence of a quorum: fix a time to adjourn, adjourn, recess, or institute actions such as a Call of the House to obtain a quorum. The chair of any Sub-unit is charged with monitoring the absence of quorum."