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Votes at a glance: March 11 Topeka governing-body meeting
Summary
Summary of formal votes taken March 11, including appointments, consent agenda and infrastructure project approvals.
The Topeka governing body recorded several formal votes on March 11. Below is a concise summary of each action and its outcome.
Appointment - Pedro Concepcion: Appointment to the Noto Business Improvement District advisory board to fill a term ending 03/11/2027. Motion to approve carried (roll-call recorded as unanimously in favor at the time of vote; clerk recorded the motion carried). No further conditions recorded.
Consent agenda - Minutes of the regular meeting of March 4 and listed consent items. Motion to accept carried by roll call (10–0, recorded).
Infrastructure and capital resolutions (public infrastructure committee recommendations) - Project 141037, Phase 2: Traffic-signal replacement at SW 21st and Randolph Avenue. Motion to approve carried (10–0). - Project 841097, Phase 6 and 501105, Phase 16: Street and utility improvements for NW Menager Road (NW Greenhills to NW Rochester). Motion to approve carried (10–0). - Project 841097, Phase 16 and 501105, Phase 9: Street and utility improvements for SW Roosevelt Street (Eighth to Sixth Avenue). Motion to approve carried (10–0). - Project 841097, Phase 11: Street improvement on SE Greenfield Court (cul-de-sac drainage/curb repairs). Motion to approve carried (10–0).
Other procedural action - Motion to recess to executive session to discuss data related to financial affairs/trade secrets for a corporation considering entering the housing market (KSA referenced). Motion carried; the body recessed and later returned and adjourned. The roll-call vote to enter executive session recorded one opposed and the rest in favor on the record.
These items were presented by staff or by the public infrastructure committee and carried with the tallies above. Several of the capital projects were presented with minimal discussion and were approved unanimously; the liquor-distance ordinance received a separate, contested vote and is covered in its own article.
