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The committee then discussed the use of multiple motions under the same Town <br />Meeting article. <br />Nils Nordberg reviewed his letter of May 16, 1988 which expressed his concerns <br />in this area. <br />Paul Dustin stated that he believed that the provision for a division of the question <br />as provided for by Roberts' Rules of Order applied. Mr. Dustin additionally <br />had a handout dealing with the proper use of subsequent motions ^s applied <br />to this area. (Handout attached herewith) <br />The committee after discussion concluded that multiple motions were permisable <br />so long as the subsequent motion is not a retracing,and thus reconsideration, <br />of the motion just acted on. The committee and Mr. Dustin concurred on changing <br />the word "only" to "distinctly" in the 4th line of his handout. <br />During discussion other issues were discussed. One being the use of multiple <br />motions when setting and funding special committees of Town Meeting. Another <br />was that the committee would prefer that Town Meeting articles ' - require <br />only a positive or negative "Espouse oche direction being asked for and that <br />the articles not be multi-directional with Town Meeting members asked to set the <br />direction. The last was that the committee, so that Town Meeting members get <br />a clearer view of the warrant, prefer that multiple motions under the same be <br />avoided and the purpose be accomplished thru seperate articles for seperate <br />motions. <br />Minutes #131 were approved <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Philip B. Pacino, Clerk <br />