Commissioner asks to pull consent item over change‑order concerns; consent agenda approved 4‑1

Commissioner Lynch and Commissioner Uterman requested that consent agenda item 2.6 be removed for separate consideration, citing concerns about contract amendments and the county's tight budget.

During the Oct. 21 meeting, Lynch said he intended to vote no on item 2.6, identified in public remarks as "the amendment to number 1 to construction contract with Urban Edge." Later in the consent debate, Commissioner Uterman asked that item 2.6 be pulled and said: "I think it's lost on some people how tight our budget is this year... And when we have 50 or 60 or $70,000 change orders, I think they need to go checked and, that's what that's what this item is." Uterman said he would abstain from the consent vote if the item was not removed.

County administrator David Hemsey (identified in the meeting as administrator) and staff clarified that a board member can propose removing an item from consent and that placing an alternative item on the final agenda requires a majority vote.

The board then voted on the consent agenda. Commissioner Lynch moved approval of the consent agenda and Commissioner Fahey seconded. The consent agenda passed with one abstention; the chair announced the motion passed "4 to 1." No separate vote on item 2.6 was recorded in the public portion of the transcript.

The transcript identifies item 2.6 concerning an amendment to a construction contract with Urban Edge; specific dollar amounts or the final disposition of that particular item were not specified in the public record.