Guest Dave Posted February 12, 2020 at 08:05 PM Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 at 08:05 PM Is it appropriate to put forward a motion that forces the action of a future council? E.g., "At such time as our neighbor will offer property for sale, we will buy it." This would seem to undercut the ethical freedom of a council to make decisions according to its own timely discernment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted February 12, 2020 at 08:27 PM Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 at 08:27 PM 14 minutes ago, Guest Dave said: Is it appropriate to put forward a motion that forces the action of a future council? E.g., "At such time as our neighbor will offer property for sale, we will buy it." This would seem to undercut the ethical freedom of a council to make decisions according to its own timely discernment. Your hypothetical motion doesn't seem to be a proper main motion to begin with as it's worded, but if something proper along those lines was adopted, the council, at the time the property is put up for sale, could rescind the adopted motion as it has not been carried out. See RONR (11th ed.), p. 308 b ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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