Norman City Council unanimously places items 2–20 on consent docket, then approves consent docket

The Norman City Council on Feb. 11 voted unanimously to place agenda items 2 through 20 on the consent docket, and later approved the consent docket in a single vote.

The council met as the City Council of Norman, the Norman Utilities Authority, the Norman Municipal Authority and the Norman Tax Increment Finance Authority. Mayor Haeckel presided over roll call and the meeting. Council members present recorded during roll call were Council Member Ball, Council Member Peacock, Council Member Montoya, Council Member Grant, Council Member Nash, Council Member Hinkle, Council Member Holman and Council Member Dixon; Mayor Haeckel also recorded his presence.

Staff recommended that items 2 through 20 be placed on the consent docket to allow routine approval by a single motion. A council member moved and another seconded the motion to place items 2–20 on the consent docket. The motion passed unanimously. The council later moved, seconded and voted to approve the consent docket; that motion also passed unanimously.

Votes at a glance

• Motion to place items 2–20 on the consent docket: passed unanimously.

• Motion to approve the consent docket (items 2–20): passed unanimously.

The meeting record does not identify the individual council members who made the motions or the individual yes/no votes by name in the motion text; the clerk announced that the motions "pass[ed] unanimously." The transcript does not list the specific contents of items 2 through 20 during the public portion of the meeting.

Minutes show the council used the consent-docket procedure to expedite routine items; no separate discussion of the individual consent items is recorded in the transcript.