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Augusta Commission approves consent agenda including planning petitions and appointments
Summary
The Augusta Commission approved its consent agenda covering planning petitions, alcohol license listings and several district appointments after members removed a few items for separate consideration.
The Augusta Commission voted to approve its consent agenda, which covered items 1 through 24 on the meeting docket, including multiple planning petitions and several alcohol-license notices, and confirmed several district appointments.
The consent agenda was offered as a single package and carried after a motion from Commissioner Alvin Mason and a second by Commissioner Catherine Smith Rice. The commission noted no formal objections to planning petitions 1–24 but Commissioners pulled item 8 and later removed item 25 for separate discussion. The clerk read the petitions aloud and asked objectors to signal during the reading; none were recorded for the bulk of the items.
Among items announced during the consent process were several district appointments submitted by Commissioner Tina Slindak for District 7 to boards including planning, library, historic preservation, airport, animal control and canal authority. Those appointees were accepted without objection and folded into the consent agenda.
The commission recorded the motion as carried; the clerk reported the motion carried with one commissioner absent (Mister Garrett).
