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Brazos County commissioners discuss adopting consent agenda to shorten meeting calendars
Summary
At a Oct. 14 workshop, Brazos County officials considered guidelines for a consent agenda to streamline twice-monthly commissioners court meetings; no formal vote was taken and staff will continue drafting procedures.
Brazos County commissioners on Oct. 14 discussed adopting a consent-agenda process meant to shorten and streamline the county's biweekly commissioners court meetings, with staff directed to refine proposed rules but no formal action taken.
The proposal, presented by Trevor Lansdowne, director of project management, would group routine items such as budget amendments, tax refund applications, payment of claims, policy adoptions, committee appointments and certain contract renewals under a single consent item "to make this whole process more efficient," Lansdowne said.
The item matters because the county is moving to two meetings a month and commissioners said they expect agendas to grow. "As we go to bimonthly, the agendas are gonna grow and this should sort of help us make it make this whole process a little bit more efficient," Lansdowne…
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