At the Nov. 24 Hartford City Council meeting the majority leader moved to place item 8.1 — a mayoral accompanying resolution concerning the case Joseph Mitchell v. City of Hartford — on the agenda for immediate consideration.

Councilman Mickham asked for a point of order and Councilman Mitcham said he believed the matter had been discussed and voted down previously and “if an item has failed, it can't go back on the agenda without changes the next time… for, like, 6 months.” Corporation Counsel responded that a motion for reconsideration must be made during the same session (the same calendar day or an extended session) and that, after reviewing the rules, he could find nothing that would prevent bringing a new resolution on the agenda at a later meeting. He said he had “spent the last week looking” and “could find nothing to that effect.”

After that procedural exchange the motion to place item 8.1 on the agenda was seconded and the council approved that motion by roll call (tally recorded in the meeting). The transcript does not record any final vote on the substance of the settlement resolution itself during the Nov. 24 meeting; it records only the successful vote to take up the item on the supplemental agenda.

Corporation Counsel's explanation clarified the council’s options: a motion to reconsider must be made in the same session, but the council may introduce a new resolution at a later meeting. The council’s action on Nov. 24 was limited to placing the mayor’s resolution on the agenda for consideration.