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RESOLUTION NO. 4001-1031 PAGE 8 RULE 12 MOTION TO ADJOURN - WHEN NOT IN ORDER - NOT DEBATABLE A motion to adjourn shall be in order at any time, except as follows: (A) When repeated without intervening business or discussion; (B) When made as an interruption of a member while speaking; (C) When the previous question has been ordered; and (D) While a vote is being taken. A motion to adjourn is debatable only as to the time to which the meeting is adjourned. RULE 13 CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS Only those petitions submitted in writing at a regular Council meeting by a citizen of the City shall require Council action within thirty (30) days thereafter. (Article II, Section 18, City Charter). All other petitions submitted to the Mayor and/or Council members or other agencies of the City in the regular course of business, shall be considered in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona, the City Charter or the City Code of the City of Prescott. (Examples: Annexation, improvement district, protests, elections, etc.) Unsigned communications or petitions, including newspaper articles or clippings, shall not be introduced in the minutes of Council meetings. RULE 14 MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES A motion to suspend the rules set forth herein shall be in order unless it pertains to rules mandated by the Charter of the City of Prescott or the laws of the State of Arizona. A motion to suspend the rules must be seconded, it is not debatable (except that the reason for the motion may be briefly explained by the mover) and requires at least a two/thirds vote of the members of the Council present at the meeting.