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I hope this question is not a stupid one, I looked to see if it has already been answered and did not find anything listed. So a county commision meeting an item receved a motion and a second then went to discussion. During discussion the chairman started talking about the item and a member informed him that as chair, he could not be involved in discussion - the commission is made up of 9 members. Does the chair have the right to be involved in discussions of motions? where can I find this information, I've looked ? Thank you in advance.

In the case of TN counties, (except metro forms of government - apparently) there are presets in place such as all items are actionable * no discussion / action on agenda items ) and any item put on an agenda by a member or the county executive are automatically part of the adopted agenda

True, Agendas by normal standards have to Approved (adopted?) but in the great state of Tennessee - County Legislative Body's are set to receive the business agenda 4 days prior to the meeting and all items put on the agenda are sponsored by the County Executive or a member of the body. There is no adoption of the agenda (that is set by state law). Roberts Rules only apply to a meeting action where there is not a standing state law in place, such as no discussion or discussion / action on an agenda item, because state law already applies that all items on an agenda for counties are actionable. This makes life confusing, it is like balancing 2 sets of rules. We even have state law in some cases that specifically appoints the body chair or County Executive to a committee as an ex officio- member in some cases with and other cases without voting rights on that board.

Sorry on Guest Post - I thought I was signed in : The Budget Committee under state law (TN - U.S.A.) requires the budget committee to consist of the members of the County Commission - so all members of the budget committee are also on the commission. Also I do not know if this maters in this situation, but all items on the county commission agenda are actionable (per state law) and the budget committee does not have to be the entity to present the budget - it can actually be any member of the legislative body (as long as it is a balanced budget not requiring funding to balance from the undesignated / unrestricted general fund balance.

Chair of the Budget Committee placed the county budget on the Full county commission agenda. Chair of the Budget Committee did not like the proposed budget that was approved in the committee and at the Full county commission meeting - announced that he was pulling the agenda item from the agenda - the committee chair did this at the point that the Commission chairman announced the budget item on the agenda. The question is - did the committee chair have the right to withdraw the agenda item or was it the property of the full commission once it was placed on the agenda ?

Can the Chair of a committee of less than 12 make a motion. I have been refereed to p. 482 ff but not sure this is correct or I am looking for the wrong thing