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SECTION X <br />VOTING PROCEDURE <br />VOTING PROCEDURE <br />Actions of the Council shall be taken by ordinance, resolution or motion. Actions of the <br />Council shall require the affirmative votes of a majority of the entire Council <br />membership. The Council shall pass ordinances and resolutions only by taking the ayes <br />and nays by an open vote, which shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting. The ayes <br />and nays shall be taken and recorded on all motions. Abstentions shall also be recorded. <br />(San Leandro Municipal Code, Title I, Chapter 1, Article 3) <br />TIE VOTES <br />Tie votes shall be lost motions. When all Council Members are present, a tie vote <br />whether to grant an appeal from official action shall be considered a denial of such <br />appeal, unless the Council takes another action to further consider the matter. If a tie vote <br />results at a time when less than all members of the Council are present, the matter shall <br />automatically be continued to the agenda of the next regular meeting of the Council, <br />unless otherwise ordered by Council. (Official actions are those quasi judicial actions <br />such as made by the Planning Commission wherein less than four votes sustains their <br />action.) <br />ABSTENTIONS <br />Abstentions shall be counted, but shall not be recorded as either an "aye" or "nay" vote. <br />Should a Council Member abstain from voting on an issue due to a conflict of interest, an <br />announcement should be made prior to the discussion of the item indicating the reason <br />for the abstention. <br />X-1 79 <br />