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Transportation Commission places agreement for North–South BRT on consent agenda; commissioners approve
Summary
The commission approved via consent agenda a resolution to enter agreements with the City of Fitchburg and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for implementation of the North–South bus rapid transit project on state and county highways (legislator 87627).
The Transportation Commission on May 14 placed and approved by consent an item to enter into agreements with the City of Fitchburg, Dane County and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the implementation of the North–South bus rapid transit (BRT) on state and county highways (legislator 87627).
Chair Anne Kovich described the consent item as "legislator 87627, entering into agreements with City of Fitchburg And county and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the implementation of North South bus rapid transit on state and county highways." The commission approved the consent agenda by unanimous consent after a motion to include the item on the consent agenda was made and seconded.
Alder Harrington McKinney moved to include the item in the consent agenda; Bill Bremer seconded the motion. There was no public comment or separate discussion on the item during the meeting. Chair Kovich said she would assume unanimous consent unless a commissioner objected; no objections were raised and the motion carried.
The transcript includes only the consent vote and the agenda description; no further details about the agreement terms or funding allocations were discussed in the meeting record.
Outcome: the commission approved placement and adoption of the consent item for agreements supporting the North–South BRT project (legislator 87627).
