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0 BOOK 22 piGF 611 Rule 21 Withdrawal of Motion A motion may be withdrawn by the introducer at any time before the Chair puts the motion to a vote. Rule 22 Duty to Vote It is the duty of each member to vote unless excused by a majority vote according to law. The Board may excuse members from voting on matters involving their own financial interest or official conduct. A member wishing to be excused from voting shall so inform the Chair who shall take a vote of the remaining members. A member who fails to vote, not having been excused, shall be recorded as voting in the affirmative. Rule 23 Prohibition of Secret Voting No vote may be taken by secret ballot. If the Board decides to vote by written ballot, each member shall sign his or her ballot and the minutes shall record the vote of each member. These ballots shall be retained and made available for public inspection until the minutes of that meeting have been approved, at which time they may be destroyed. Rule 24 Action by Reference The Board shall not deliberate, vote or otherwise act on any matter by reference to an agenda or document number unless copies of the agenda or document number being referenced are available for public inspection at the meeting and are so worded that the people at the meeting can understand what is being discussed or acted on. Rule 25 Introduction of Ordinances, Resolutions, and Orders A proposed ordinance shall be deemed introduced at the first meeting where it is on the agenda, regardless of whether it is actually considered by the Board and its introduction shall be recorded in the minutes. Rule 26 Adoption, Amendment, or Repeal of Ordinances To be adopted at the meeting where it is first introduced an ordinance or an action with the effect of an ordinance, or any ordinance amending or repealing an existing ordinance (except the budget ordinance, a bond order, or another ordinance requiring a public hearing before adoption) must be approved by all the members of the Board of Commissioners. If the proposed measure is approved by a majority but not by all the members of the Board, or if the measure is not voted on at that meeting, it shall be considered at the next regular meeting of the Board. If it then or at any time thereafter within one hundred days of its introduction receives a majority of the votes cast, the measure is adopted. Rule 27 Quorum A majority of the Board membership shall constitute a quorum. The number required for a quorum is not affected by vacancies. If a member has withdrawn from a meeting without being excused by a majority vote of the remaining members, he or she shall be counted as present for the purposes of determining whether a quorum is present. The Board may compel the attendance of an absent member by ordering the Sheriff to take the member into custody.