Council agrees to postpone pride resolution and substitute flag request for June

Council members discussed amending agenda item 7.c regarding a resolution recognizing Pride month and agreed to a substitution that would authorize the city to fly an intersex-inclusive Pride flag for the month of June and postpone the formal recognition to a later meeting when a presentation can be scheduled.

A council member said the postponement was requested so "Becky Bean has volunteered to contribute a reading with the consideration of the resolution." Another council member noted the substitute grew from a request by a resident named Tashko: "It was based on a request from Tashko to fly the pride flag for the month of June." The proposed substitute was described in the meeting as "the city to fly the intersex inclusion progress pride flag for the entire month of June as recommended by Tashko."

Council leadership said the substitute would replace item 7.c on the agenda and that when the chair calls for changes to the agenda she would ask the council to approve the agenda as amended. The meeting transcript records discussion of the substitution and the scheduling of a later meeting for the resolution presentation; there was no separate recorded roll-call vote on the substitution in the provided excerpt.

The item was treated as an agenda amendment and scheduling change; staff or council will place the postponed resolution on a future agenda with a presentation by the volunteer noted in the meeting.