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Augusta Committee weighs quorum, vote thresholds and options for abstentions
Summary
Charter reviewers discussed whether to keep the charter's current requirement of six affirmative votes for ordinances or move to alternate thresholds and how to prevent tactical abstentions or walkouts from blocking business.
Chair Wannick opened a discussion of quorum and voting thresholds, saying the committee must decide whether the charter should require an affirmative vote of six members to adopt ordinances or whether an alternate rule is preferable. The committee reviewed model options that would require either a majority of the entire body or language that limits abstentions.
The matter matters because the current charter language requires six votes to adopt an ordinance even when only seven council members…
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