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City Council confirms measure; abstentions do not count toward outcome, meeting adjourns
Summary
At a City Council meeting, speakers clarified that abstentions do not count toward the outcome of a vote. A participant confirmed the measure passed and the meeting adjourned at 11:26. The transcript does not specify the motion text or vote tally.
At a City Council meeting, participants clarified that abstentions do not count toward the outcome of a vote and confirmed that the measure at issue passed; the meeting was then adjourned at 11:26, according to the meeting transcript.
The clarification came after an exchange in which one participant expressed concern about fairness. Speaker 2, an unidentified meeting participant, said, “The only reason why again, what I was trying to say is that either if I would vote yay or nay, I don't want an advantage. I don't want an unfair advantage.”
Later in the same exchange Speaker 1, an unidentified meeting participant, said, “I'm upset. I'm sorry. I'm I think I made an error. The abstentions don't count towards the vote. Yeah.” Speaker 2 asked, “So anyway. Excuse me. Did it pass then, Rebecca? Or what?” and Speaker 1 replied, “Yes. It did.”
The transcript does not record the motion text, the names of council members casting yes or no votes, or a numerical vote tally. Rebecca is mentioned by name in the exchange but did not speak in the provided transcript excerpt and her role was not specified. The only explicit procedural point recorded in the excerpt is the statement that abstentions do not count toward the vote.
After the vote clarification, the meeting proceeded to adjournment. Speaker 1 closed the meeting, saying, “So, there being no further business, this meeting is now adjourned at 11:26.”
No additional motions, ordinance numbers, resolutions or funding amounts are recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
