Exhibit A

Committee Agenda and Motions – D R A F T Feb. 12, 2010

Committee Agendas are set by Township Manager on Friday.
Delivered to BOC. Posted to website.
LMT Code 5-13 C: Township Manager – Duties
and Powers: Prepare the agenda for all
committee and related meetings of the Board
and attend all meetings of the Board, at which
meetings he shall have the right to participate in
discussions, but he shall not have the right or
privilege to vote on any matter.

If a member of the Board wants to propose a matter for the Agenda, Current practice.
he/she will contact the Township Manager prior to Friday, and the
Township Manager will determine if it should be added to the Agenda
and/or will discuss its addition with the Committee Chair and the
Board Officers, as necessary.

After the Agenda is established, any matters other than those on the See above. Township Manager prepares
Agenda must be submitted in writing to the Township Manager who Agenda.
will determine if it should be added to the Agenda and/or will discuss
its addition with the Committee Chair and the Board Officers, as
necessary.

If added, a revised Agenda will be prepared and distributed to the LMT Code: 7-10 B: The proposed agenda for
Board and posted to the web 48 hours in advance of meeting. any stated meeting shall be forwarded to all
[The Township Manager can add emergency motions or correct members of the board and shall be available to
motions up to 48 hours in advance by providing to BOC and posting the public at least 48 hours prior to the stated
to web. After that, staff will seek the Committee’s approval at the monthly meeting.
beginning of a meeting to amend the Agenda. In the rare case when
a new Committee meeting must be added after the 48 hour notice
requirement, the Township Manager will seek the Board’s approval to
add the Committee meeting through a Majority plus one vote.]
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At the meeting, a majority plus one* of those present and voting can
amend the agenda (add or delete a matter). No matters other than
those on the agenda, as amended, shall be acted upon by the Board
unless approved by a majority plus one (Ord. 3435). Amendment of
the agenda shall mean adding business to or deleting business from
the agenda. Such a motion is debatable and amendable.
[A Committee Chair should rule a motion out of order thus requiring a
majority plus one to overrule.]
LMT Code 7-10 D: The published agenda may
be amended at the meeting by a majority plus
one of the members present and voting.
OR
Majority + one votes NOT to add an item to the
agenda. No further action that night.

If the Agenda is amended, the matter will be deliberated/debated and Current practice.
voted upon when the item is reached on the Agenda.

Amendments to motions must be germane. Any amendment Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR)
proposed must in some way involve the same question raised by the
motion it amends.

Motion to close debate immediately and vote on the Motion RONR: Requires supermajority vote to
(Often stated as Calling the Question) – Adoption of this motion succeed. Majority +one. [RONR uses 2/3 as
prevents the further introduction of secondary motions including to supermajority. LMBOC uses majority plus one.]
Amend, to Commit/Refer and Postpone to a Certain Time. However,
if any of these secondary motions have already been made, they
must be dealt with prior to voting to end discussion/debate.
The member making this motion must be recognized by the Chair.
He/she cannot simply call it out. The Chair should rule it out of order if
another member is speaking or seeking recognition to speak. The
motion requires a second and majority plus one vote to end
discussion/debate.
*Note: Reference to the actual ordinance shows that the published Township Code inadvertently and incorrectly dropped the words
“plus one” in the first sentence of 7-10D. The published Township Code correctly includes the words “plus one” in the second
sentence of 7-10D as does the ordinance. The published Township Code is being corrected to comply with Ordinance 3435.
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Majority + One

Attending and Majority +

Majority
Voting One**
14 8 9
13 7 8
12 7 8
11 6 7
10 6 7
9 5 6
8 5 6
7 4 5
6 4 5
5 3 4

** The Majority plus one was new language introduced and adopted through Ordinance 3435 in 1996. It replaced 60%,
which results in the same numbers.