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Votes at a glance: Jackson County Legislature waives readings, holds ordinance and adjourns (March 18)
Summary
At its March 18 meeting the Jackson County Legislature voted to waive readings for several proposed ordinances and a set of resolutions, held one ordinance for further consideration and approved adjournment. Vote tallies were recorded by roll call.
The Jackson County Legislature recorded several procedural votes at its March 18 session, including motions to waive readings of multiple proposed ordinances and resolutions, a motion to hold one ordinance for later consideration and a motion to adjourn.
Waiver of readings: Legislator Franklin moved to waive the reading of proposed ordinances 5958, 5965, 5966 and 5967; a second was recorded and the clerk called the roll. The vote was 8 yes, 1 absent (Anderson — present earlier in roll call; one member was absent for the vote). The clerk announced “8 yes, 1 absent.” The motion to waive reading was approved.
Motion to hold ordinance: The clerk announced that final passage of proposed ordinance 5959 was before the body and that a motion was made to hold ordinance 5959; the motion to hold was adopted and the item was held for later consideration (no final passage occurred at this meeting).
Waiver of resolution readings: A motion was made to waive the reading of a series of resolutions (numbers included in the record: 21641, 21766, 21843, 21846, 21850, 21851, 21852, 21853, 21854, 21855, 21856, 21857, 21860, 21864, 21869, 21870, 21871, 21872, 21873, 21874, 21875, 21876, 21877, 21878, 21879, 21880, 21881). The clerk called the roll on that motion and the vote was recorded as 7 yes, 1 no, 1 absent. Marshall voted no; the clerk announced “7 yes, 1 no, 1 absent.” The motion passed.
Adjournment: The legislature scheduled its next meeting for Monday, March 24 at 3 p.m. and then approved a motion to adjourn; the chair moved to adjourn, a second was recorded and the body approved the adjournment by voice vote.
No substantive final ordinance adoptions, budget decisions or policy votes were completed at the meeting; several items were waived for reading or held for later consideration.
