Inagi City

Principles for conducting meetings

Last updated: March 12, 2009

quorum principle

 This is the number of delegates required to hold a meeting and pass a resolution. Normally, this is more than half of the number of members. Except in special cases, resolutions without a quorum will be invalid.

Majority voting principle

 As a general rule, decisions are made by a majority of the members present. The chairperson cannot participate in voting, but if there is an equal number of votes in favor and against, the chairperson will make the decision.

Principles of public meeting

 In principle, meetings are open to the public. Publication means observing (viewing and listening directly inside the meeting room), publishing meeting minutes, and allowing freedom of the press. However, as an exception, a secret meeting can be held if a resolution is passed by a majority of two-thirds or more of the members present.
Committee meetings are not required to be made public, but the Inagi City Council does so with the permission of the committee chairperson. However, there is a limit to the number of people who can enter due to space in the committee room.

Principle of non-continuation of session

 Parliament operates independently during each session. Therefore, any case that does not come to a resolution during the session will cease to exist at the end of the session. However, in this case, as an exception, continued review by the committee may be permitted by resolution.

The principle of no reconsideration

 As a general rule, cases that have been decided by Congress cannot be submitted again during the same session.

Case-one-subject principle

 As a general rule, each incident will be discussed and discussed one by one. However, in order to improve the efficiency and convenience of deliberations, it is possible to set the agenda all at once.

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Inagi City Council Secretariat Tel: 042-378-2111