sec.254EProcedure at meetings

### sec.254E Procedure at meetings Business may be conducted at a local government meeting only if a quorum is present. At a local government meeting— a question is decided by a majority of the votes of the councillors or committee members present; and subject to chapter 5B of the Act , each councillor or committee member present has a vote on each question to be decided and, if the votes are equal, the person presiding at the meeting has a casting vote; and if a councillor or committee member present and entitled to vote fails to vote, the councillor or member is taken to have voted in the negative. s 254E ins 2020 SL No. 156 s 47 (sec.254E-ssec.1) Business may be conducted at a local government meeting only if a quorum is present. (sec.254E-ssec.2) At a local government meeting— a question is decided by a majority of the votes of the councillors or committee members present; and subject to chapter 5B of the Act , each councillor or committee member present has a vote on each question to be decided and, if the votes are equal, the person presiding at the meeting has a casting vote; and if a councillor or committee member present and entitled to vote fails to vote, the councillor or member is taken to have voted in the negative. - (a) a question is decided by a majority of the votes of the councillors or committee members present; and - (b) subject to chapter 5B of the Act , each councillor or committee member present has a vote on each question to be decided and, if the votes are equal, the person presiding at the meeting has a casting vote; and - (c) if a councillor or committee member present and entitled to vote fails to vote, the councillor or member is taken to have voted in the negative.