Council approves agenda, consent items and accepts housing study

The Lennox City Council approved the meeting agenda, adopted its consent agenda and voted to accept a consultant—inal housing study during its regular meeting.

The council opened the meeting with a motion to approve the agenda; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote. Later, the council approved the consent agenda by roll call: Councilmembers Peterson, TZ, Swier, Doherty, Andrille and Welch voted "aye," and the presiding officer declared the motion carried. The council also voted to accept the housing study presented by consultant Burke; the motion passed on a voice vote.

The consent agenda included routine items the council listed for approval: the July police report noting 18 arrests, a house-moving permit conditioned on a pending Department of Transportation permit, a sewer-jetting agreement with a vendor, special-event permits for a homecoming parade, and a preliminary plan for the Countryside subdivision recommended by the planning commission.

The motion to accept the housing study followed a presentation by Burke of Parkside (the consultant), who described the study—indings and recommendations. The council ccepted the report with a motion and second, recorded as "aye" on the voice vote.

No motions recorded in the transcript failed. The meeting concluded after an adjournment motion carried by voice vote.

Votes recorded in the meeting transcript - Motion to approve meeting agenda: mover/second not specified in transcript; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Motion to approve consent agenda: mover/second not specified in transcript; roll-call recorded as Peterson Aye; TZ Aye; Swier Aye; Doherty Aye; Andrille Aye; Welch Aye; outcome: approved. - Motion to accept Parkside housing study (final report): mover/second not specified in transcript; outcome: approved (voice vote).

The council did not record roll-call tallies for the housing-study vote in the transcript beyond the voice vote.