sec.30Voting at council meetings

### sec.30 Voting at council meetings A question at a council meeting must be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present at the meeting and able to vote on the question. Each member present at the council meeting has a vote on each question to be decided. A member who abstains from voting, other than a member who abstains because of a conflict of interest, is taken to have voted for the negative. If the votes of the members present at the council meeting are equal, the member presiding at the meeting has a casting vote. The council may hold council meetings, or allow members to take part in its meetings, by using any technology allowing reasonably contemporaneous and continuous communication between members taking part in the meetings. A member who takes part in a meeting of the council under subsection (5) is taken to have been present at the meeting. A resolution is validly made by the council, even if it is not passed at a council meeting, if— notice of the resolution is given under procedures approved by the council; and a majority of members agree in writing to the resolution. (sec.30-ssec.1) A question at a council meeting must be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present at the meeting and able to vote on the question. (sec.30-ssec.2) Each member present at the council meeting has a vote on each question to be decided. (sec.30-ssec.3) A member who abstains from voting, other than a member who abstains because of a conflict of interest, is taken to have voted for the negative. (sec.30-ssec.4) If the votes of the members present at the council meeting are equal, the member presiding at the meeting has a casting vote. (sec.30-ssec.5) The council may hold council meetings, or allow members to take part in its meetings, by using any technology allowing reasonably contemporaneous and continuous communication between members taking part in the meetings. (sec.30-ssec.6) A member who takes part in a meeting of the council under subsection (5) is taken to have been present at the meeting. (sec.30-ssec.7) A resolution is validly made by the council, even if it is not passed at a council meeting, if— notice of the resolution is given under procedures approved by the council; and a majority of members agree in writing to the resolution. - (a) notice of the resolution is given under procedures approved by the council; and - (b) a majority of members agree in writing to the resolution.