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Commissioners debate consent agenda process; several items pulled for department presentation
Summary
Board discussed moving routine items to consent and methods for highlighting important work; commissioners agreed to move items 3, 4, 5, 7, 16, 17, 18 and 19 off consent for the April 15 meeting or to have staff briefly present while leaving items on consent.
Thurston County commissioners spent an extended portion of their agenda-setting meeting debating how the board should handle the consent calendar and whether more items that highlight substantive county work should stay on consent or be elevated to department items for public visibility.
Commissioner Emily Clouse said she wants “to highlight the really important work that our staff is doing” and asked to move several items off the consent list so they receive public attention at the business meeting rather than simply being approved as a block. County…
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