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Council procedural motions: minutes adopted; several suspensions of rules to reorder non‑agenda speakers approved
Summary
On June 10 the council adopted the May 28 minutes and approved several procedural motions to suspend rules and reorder public-comment speakers; motions passed by voice vote with no roll-call tallies provided in the record.
The June 10 Houston City Council meeting recorded multiple procedural motions that passed by voice vote.
The council approved a motion to adopt the minutes of May 28. The transcript records the motion as “made and seconded” and shows the chair calling the voice vote; the motion passed.
Council members also made and approved several suspensions of the rules to reorder the non‑agenda three‑minute public‑comment list. The transcript documents multiple procedural motions—each “made and seconded”—to move named speakers (for example, Simon and Peter Contreras, and others) up in the speaking order; each motion was approved on a voice vote with the chair declaring the motion passed.
The record does not include formal roll‑call vote tallies or named movers/seconders for every suspension motion; the transcript consistently reports “motion made and seconded” followed by “All in favor say yes… Motion passes.”
