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Council redoes contested agenda vote, then amends rules to allow motion changes
Summary
After an initial failed motion to remove agenda item 7(a), the Hastings City Council used reconsideration and a unanimous revote to adopt the agenda without 7(a). The council later amended its rules of procedure to allow amendments after a motion and second and to let the mayor or presiding member call a short recess.
Hastings City Council members reopened a contested procedural decision and approved a change to the council’s rules of procedure at a regular meeting on Aug. 8, 2025.
An early motion to adopt the meeting agenda excluding agenda item 7(a) failed 4-2 with one abstention. City Attorney Jesse told the council the only way to immediately rerun that vote was by unanimous consent to reconsider the earlier action: “For that to happen to do a revote right after, it'd have to be unanimous consent of counsel,” he said. Councilmembers then moved to reconsider the earlier vote and, after that reconsideration carried, voted to adopt the agenda without item 7(a) on a subsequent roll call.
The council later considered amendments to city code 2-204 governing meeting…
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