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Committee rejects reconsideration; suspension of rules briefly allowed
Summary
After ratifying the superintendent's contract, a motion to suspend the rules to permit reconsideration passed, but a subsequent motion to reconsider failed on a roll-call vote, with members recording 'No' for reconsideration.
Following the ratification vote, Member Weinstein moved to suspend the rules "for the purposes of reconsideration," and the committee voted to suspend the rules on a 7-0 roll call, temporarily enabling a reconsideration motion.
Weinstein then moved to reconsider the previously adopted action; members were told a "yes" vote would keep the matter open and a "no" would finalize the action. The roll-call responses were recorded as 'No' from each member, and the mayor announced that reconsideration failed by the affirmative vote of seven members (transcript language). The result left the ratification in place.
