Waukesha County Ordinances
Chapter 4: County Board Operating Procedures and Rules

CHAPTER 4
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ARTICLE III. RULES OF ORDER

Division 2. Rules of Order

Sec. 4-79. Reconsideration of motions or questions.

(a) When a motion or question has been decided in the negative, it shall always be in order for any member of the board who voted on the prevailing side to move for reconsideration at the same or succeeding meeting of the board.

(b) When a motion or question has been decided in the affirmative, it shall always be in order for any member of the board who voted on the prevailing side:

1. To move for reconsideration at the same meeting of the board;

2.To give the county board chairperson notice in writing, before Friday noon of the week the board voted on the matter, of an intent to reconsider. After receipt of such notice, the county board chairperson shall notify the county clerk to withhold presentation of the matter to the county executive. All other matters shall be presented to the county executive by the county clerk after Friday noon of the week the board voted on them.

(c) When a motion or question has been decided in the affirmative, it shall always be in order for any member of the board to move to suspend subsection (b)(2). If the motion carries, the county clerk shall present the matter to the county executive after passage. It shall also be in order for the county board chairperson, in emergencies as deemed by the chairperson, to present a matter to the county executive after passage and prior to Friday noon of the week the board voted on the matter.

(d) A motion to reconsider any motion or question shall be made and heard only once.

(Mo. of 4-17-84, as amended, Rule 44; Ord. No. 148-19, § 1, 5-11-93).