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K. Remarks by citizens. L. Adjournment Section XV. CONSENT AGENDA Ordinances or resolutions relating to any zoning matters or any other matters previously approved on first reading unanimously by City Council shall be listed under the Consent Agenda for a second reading and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussions of those items. If discussion by one or more members of Council is desired on any item listed therein, such item will be removed from the Consent Agenda upon the request of anyone of the Council members and considered separately. Section XVI. VOTING a) Voting Requirement; Abstention. Each member present, when a question is put, shall vote either "aye" or "nay" except as provided in this section. No member shall abstain from voting on any matter unless such vote is prohibited by applicable provisions of the Virginia State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act or would constitute an act of impropriety under the circumstances2. In all cases of abstention, the member shall advise the Council of the intention to abstain and the reasons therefore; and thereafter the member shall not participate in the transaction in any other way. b) Electronic Roll Call Votes; Roll Call Votes. (1) Electronic roll call votes, in which the name of each member voting and how that member voted are publicly displayed on the electronic voting board and duly recorded, shall be required for any official vote, unless an electronic roll call vote is not feasible. (2) If an electronic roll call vote is not feasible for any reason, there shall be a roll call vote. On all roll call votes, each member of the City Council shall vote as the member's name is called in alphabetical order, except that the Mayor or other Presiding Officer shall vote last.3 c) Voice Votes; Verification. Any vote for which an electronic roll call vote is not required shall be by voice vote, in which the members vote by voice and individual votes are not required. On the request of any member for verification of the outcome of any voice vote, the Mayor shall poll the members individually, in the order set forth in the preceding paragraph. 2This same requirement for abstention is also imposed by Portsmouth City Code ~2-74. 3Matters upon which Council votes are generally passed by affIrmative vote of a majority of members present. Robert's Rules of Order, ~ 46. However, there are certain types of votes for which a special vote requirement is imposed. For any ordinance or resolution appropriating over $500, imposing taxes, or authorizing the borrowing of money, there must be a recorded affIrmative vote of a majority of all members elected to Council, not just members present. Portsmouth City Code ~2-29. For any action to sell the rights of the City in and to its waterfront, wharf property, public landings, wharves, docks, streets, avenues, parks, bridges, and other public places, there must be a recorded affIrmative vote of "three-fourths of all the members elected to the [Council]," which is six votes. Constitution of Virginia, Art. VII, ~9. After fmal rejection of an ordinance or resolution, another ordinance or resolution "of substantially the same import" shall not be placed on the agenda or considered by Council for three months without the "petition" of fIve members of Council. Portsmouth City Code, ~2-71. No petition for rezoning shall be accepted by the Planning Director within one year of fmal action by City Council on a prior petition for a zoning change for any or all of the same parcel of land. Portsmouth City Code ~40-91.5 (See ~40-1 04 for a similar provision for use permits). -5-