Tabulating Votes
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Whenever
any act is authorized to be done or any determination or decision made
by any community board, the act, determination or decision of the
majority of the members present entitled to vote during the presence of a
quorum, shall be held to be the act, determination or decision of such
board. When a vote is taken, all Board members who are present and
entitled to vote must either vote or abstain. No member may be marked
"present but not voting." Absentee ballots, proxies and telephone votes
are not permitted. In order for a motion to pass, a majority (more
than half) of the members present who are entitled to vote must vote in
the affirmative. That means there must be more "yes" votes than the
total of "no" votes and abstentions combined in order for a motion to
carry. The use of a two-thirds or other "super-majority" vote to
approve any action is not permitted, unless specifically required by
law. (See Appendix E on Conflicts of Interest for an explanation of when
Board members are not entitled to vote.)
4 comments:
Oh I sincerely hope so - but you know this will be just ascribed to yet another nefarious racist conspiracy (even though there are people of all races involved).
So does that mean there will be a study to look at rezoning or will another vote take place?
Wasn't the study already underway? The way I'm reading this is that the request already went in for a zoning study a while back. The motion yesterday was to rescind that request.
I would expect that there will be similar motions made at every single board meeting for the forseeable future. Good times.
I am only guessing though. Maybe Tim can confirm.
The motion to rescind was improper anyway. The letter had already been sent and can't be unsent. A proper motion would have been to draft a letter stating that the community does not want rezoning and prefers the current zoning over all others.
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