§ 728. Individual actions.

In addition to motions which may be made and seconded by a member, there shall be certain actions which individual members shall be privileged to take at appropriate times without the necessity of such actions being placed in the form of motions:

a.

All such actions are subject to decision of the presiding officer on appeal providing such appeal is made immediately after and in connection with the ruling of the chairperson; and

b.

The following individual actions or requests shall be authorized:

(1)

"To raise a point of order" shall be made by any member who feels the rules of procedure are being violated;

(2)

"To raise a point of personal privilege" shall be made by any member desiring to request such personal privileges as may be authorized by the rules of procedure providing that such request shall be make at the conclusion of any individual items of business on the agenda;

(3)

"To request additional information" shall be made at any appropriate time during the meeting;

(4)

"To inquire" shall be made at any appropriate time during a meeting;

(5)

"To comment" shall be made at any appropriate time during a meeting;

(6)

"To appeal" shall be made immediately following and in connection with a ruling by the chairperson;

(7)

"To recess" shall be made at any reasonable time and for any reasonable purpose during meetings provided such request shall not be made during debate or discussion or immediately prior to a vote or for purpose of influencing a vote or for harassing other members or individuals appearing before the board;

(8)

"To be excused from the meeting" shall be made at any reasonable time for good and sufficient reason provided that such request shall not be made immediately prior to vote on matters under debate or discussion or for the purpose of delaying action on any matter under consideration or for the purpose of delaying action on a matter under consideration or for the purpose of reducing the number of members present in order to influence a vote or for the purpose of preventing a quorum being present to conduct business;

(9)

"To pass a vote" shall be made in connection with any vote in which a member may have a conflict or interest and shall not be used for the purpose of evading a vote or delaying or obstructing business;

(10)

"To request a parliamentary ruling" shall be made at any time a member feels the rules of procedure are being violated or at any time a member desires clarification either of rulings that have been made by the chairperson or rulings that may be applicable under certain circumstances; requests for parliamentary ruling shall be made to the attorney as may be desired by the board; provided, however, that the parliamentary ruling of the attorney in connection with the rules of procedure shall be final and shall be mandatory on the presiding officer;

(11)

"To call a question" shall be made at any appropriate time after a motion has been made and seconded when it is desired to bring the debate to an end and to bring about a vote on the matter under debate:

a.

The presiding officer shall call a vote on the question immediately following such call for the question by a member;

b.

In the event the presiding officer does not act under these circumstances, such call for the question shall be made in the form of a motion which, if seconded and approved by six members, shall mandate that the presiding officer call the question to a vote without further debate or delay.

(Res. No. R-57-11, § 1, 9-15-2011)