[council] Abstentions

Let me assist with some thinking from elsewhere: Oxford English dictionary Abstention "not using ones' vote" abstention 1. the formal act of not voting <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/misc/HarperCollinsProducts.aspx?English> Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 C HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006 Wikipedia (take it or leave it) "Abstentions do not count in tallying the vote negatively or positively; when members abstain, they are in effect only attending the meeting to aid in constituting a quorum, which in turn means that those who abstain still effect the general number of people in quorum".