Challenge Chair Ruling on Motion 2 Reading
Motion 8 · Park Board Meeting, May 4, 2026
Summary
- Challenge by Commissioner Christensen to the chair's ruling that Commissioner Haer should be permitted to read her beach parking fee motion aloud before a ruling on whether it was out of order.
- Chair (Commissioner Jensen, presiding in place of Commissioner Digby) had chosen to hear the motion before ruling; Commissioner Christensen moved to challenge that procedural decision.
- Required a two-thirds majority (four of six votes) to sustain the chair; vote was 3–3, so the chair was not sustained and the motion was ruled out of order without being read.
Vote
In favour 3
Transcript
10 segments
I'd like to challenge the ruling of the chair on my previous point of order.
Commissioner Jensen has ruled as a second challenge of the chair. So I would like to speak. No, you can't speak quite yet. There's a challenge to the chair, which means that we need a two-thirds majority to rule in favour of the chair. That means four out of six votes in favour in order that Commissioner Hare should be able to read her motion. All those in favour...
So are you saying that you guys are actually challenging a motion that I'm bringing forward and not able to actually introduce it?
You're not listening, Commissioner Herr. The ruling of the chair was that we would hear you read your motion. That's being challenged. And now we need four votes to support the chair in allowing you to hear this. So everyone who wants to hear the motion and support read out and to support...
No, the challenge to the chair can be brought at any time and it just needs to be moved and seconded.
So this vote right now, just to be clear, if I vote yes, that means I could read out and actually bring forth my motion?
No, it'll be ruled out of order. I'm giving you the chance, though, to read your motion and Commissioner Christensen doesn't want you to read your motion.
So if I want to make sure I'm able to read my motion, do I vote yes or no?
You vote yes.
And then is this normal procedure or is this something out of order that she's doing? Because I would like to do a point of order. This is normal procedure. I would like to do a point of order. No, that's not a point of order.
So I suggest you hold your socks because this is in your favor if you vote in favor of this. So all those in favor of sustaining the chair, please raise your hands. I see Commissioner Digby, Commissioner Verdi, Commissioner Hare. All those opposed to sustaining the chair, please raise your hands. I see Commissioner Basiwanski, Commissioner Jensen, and Commissioner Christensen. So the chair is not sustained on this. And unfortunately, Commissioner Hare, we won't be reading your motion because the substance of your motion, and this is my ruling that your motion is in fact out of order, is that you voted against a very similar, in fact, the identical motion on October the 20th. I remember time and time again. No, no, without talking, you're not allowed to talk back to me. I remember time and time again voting against parking raises and parking. If you speak against me, you're going to get turned off.