Committee moves flag policy to consent after request to call out U.S. flag

The FNA Committee agreed to place an agenda bill on flag policy on the City Council consent agenda after a committee member asked the policy to explicitly call out the U.S. flag.

The request came during the committee's agenda review, when one member asked, “In the policy section b, Well, right up front, can we put the US flag?” Committee leadership instructed staff to include the change and said the item should be placed on the council consent agenda so any councilmember who objected could pull it for discussion.

The change was discussed briefly and no formal vote was recorded during the committee meeting; the chair said, “When we get to council agenda, let's put this one on consent. And if somebody wants to pull it down, they can pull it down.” Staff confirmed the presentation matched previous direction and no committee members raised objections at the time.

The committee approved routine items during the meeting, including minutes dated 07/08/2025 and a claims report dated 07/28/2025; the chair moved the revised council agenda, which includes the flag policy, to the next council meeting.

The placement on consent means the full City Council will consider the flag-policy item as part of a grouped consent agenda unless a councilmember asks to remove it for separate discussion. The transcript does not record a final council action on the policy itself; final adoption will depend on the City Council meeting where the consent agenda is considered.

Details recorded in the meeting included the specific agenda bill reference mentioned by the committee as “agenda bill 25 0 71 flag policy.” No statutory citations or ordinance numbers were referenced during the committee discussion.

The committee adjourned after finalizing the draft council agenda and moving the items to the next Monday meeting.