The Milton Historic Preservation Board voted to instruct staff to place an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance on future meeting agendas.

Board member Messick introduced the item, saying other boards already include an invocation and pledge. Board members discussed whether a vote was needed and how invitations would be handled; Tim, planning department staff, said the item would simply allow staff to place the invocation on future agendas. "It's just basically, casting a vote that allows staff to start placing this on your agenda from now on," Tim said.

Members emphasized that the chairman or a designee would invite speakers to deliver the invocation and the board discussed concerns about individuals using invocations to create spectacle. Board member Messick and others said the practice on other boards leaves the choice to the chairman and that the board could change the practice in future if new members decide differently.

The motion to add invocation and pledge of allegiance to agendas passed unanimously.