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Council Minutes of 9/18/2007 Kennedy realized there had been a motion and second already on the floor (Mr. Gareau's motion) and attempted to return to it. Law Director Dubelko noted that under the Rules of Council a motion to adjourn is the highest precedence and takes precedence over another motion. Councilman Ryan stated, according to Robert's Rules, a motion to adjourn in the only motion that goes above every other motion that is made. The majority of Council can choose to adjourn at any time. President Kennedy called for a roll call on the motion to adjourn. Roll call: Ryan, yes; Miller, yes; Barker, no; Gareau, no, with comment and explanation that a member of Council submitted a document that some may have not seen, that the public certainly hasn't seen, that deals with a topic that we're not aware o£ It now becomes a formal part of the record that people 50 years from now will read, and he simply asks Council to not allow it to go in without actually reading it into the record. We have a motion to adjourn instead of an actual discussion on the motion. That is unprecedented. He recalled a situation where Mrs. Copfer had to read something into the minutes in order for it to be included in the record. To those who had not yet voted, he suggested they vote no and it simply be read into the record. He noted, since there is not a rule to allow Mr. Ryan to do what he did, it still isn't in the record. His vote is no. Roll call continued: Jones, no; Orlowski, yes; Tallon, yes. The motion to adjourn passed with four yes votes and three no votes. President Kennedy adjourned the meeting at 9:20 p.m. 11