Motion Sheet - 5/17/2022Item J1
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MOTION SHEET
CITY COUNCIL of SALT LAKE CITY
TO:City Council Members
FROM: Ben Luedtke
Budget & Policy Analyst
DATE:May 17, 2022
RE: City Council Redistricting
MOTION 1A – REQUEST A VOTE RECONSIDERATION
I move that the Council now reconsider our action on May 10 relative to the resolution authorizing approval of
the redistricting map.
Staff Note: If Motion 1A succeeds, then the Council may discuss the redistricting map. After discussion, the
Council may proceed to Motion 1B below to approve the map with any changes that were discussed.
MOTION 1B – RECONSIDER REDISTRICING MAP ADOPTION
I move that the Council approve a resolution designating the boundaries of the City Council Districts
based on the 2020 Census results as shown on the attached map marked Exhibit A, which corrects the
boundaries of Districts Three and Six to move a single property inadvertently placed in District Six into
District Three.
Staff note: The new boundaries go into effect upon execution of the adoption resolution after all parties
have signed and then it’s added to the public record.
MOTION 2 – NOT ADOPT
I move that the Council not reconsider the original motion to adopt the proposed redistricting resolution and
proceed to the next agenda item.
Staff Notes: a motion to reconsider belongs under New Business in a formal meeting. The Council is overruling
their past vote with a new motion not amending the original motion. Also, per State Code 10-3-508, “any
action taken by the governing body may not be reconsidered or rescinded at any special meeting unless the
number of members of the governing body present at the special meeting is equal to or greater than the
number of members present at the meeting when the action was approved.”
According to Robert’s Rules of Order, which the City Council uses as guidelines, a motion to reconsider a vote
must:
1. Be held at the same legislative meeting as the original motion or at the next regularly scheduled
meeting;
2. Be made when another motion is not currently open for consideration;
3. Be made by a voting member on the prevailing side of the original vote;
4. Be seconded like a regular motion; and
5. Receive a majority vote to succeed.