Brooklyn Borough Board approves agenda and minutes, schedules bylaws committee and keeps open-meetings hybrid on the agenda

The Brooklyn Borough Board convened on March 4, 2015, at about 6:13 p.m. at Brooklyn Borough Hall and approved the night’s agenda and the minutes of the previous meeting with two amendments. Chairperson (meeting presider) confirmed a quorum early in the meeting and handled routine business before members gave updates on programs and upcoming events across the borough.

The approval of the agenda was moved and seconded and carried without objection. The board later approved the minutes for the prior meeting after members proposed and accepted two amendments, including a clarification that the community board had voted to reject an application described in the minutes as the “ULERP” (as recorded in the meeting).

The session included a number of member updates and announcements. Chairperson Baptiste told members that the Downstate advisory board will hold a final meeting on March 13 at Downstate University Hospital and that the advisory board’s recommendation is scheduled to be issued by April 1; members were invited to testify…