Votes at a glance: Providence City Council passes routine items, committee referrals and amendments

Providence City Council on March 6 moved, referred or passed a series of routine agenda items, including waiving readings, committee referrals and first readings. The meeting included both voice votes and roll-call votes recorded in the transcript.

Key outcomes: - Items 3, 4 and 5: Waived reading and passed by voice vote; item 5 (support for Highlander teachers unionizing) was referenced during the vote and is covered separately. - Items 6 and 7: Waived reading and passed; referred to the Special Committee on State Legislative Affairs as noted. - Items 9 through 21: Waived reading and referred to the Special Committee on State Legislative Affairs. - Items 22 through 24: Discussed and passed (see separate article covering these resolutions). - Items 25 through 28: Waived reading and passed for the first time in a roll-call vote; clerk recorded 14 ayes, 1 absent. - Item 29: Waived reading, passed and referred back to the Board of Contract and Supply. - Items 30 and 31: Waived reading, received and approved. - Item 32: Passed for the first time on roll call (14 ayes, 1 absent); see separate article on rezoning and the comprehensive plan. - Item 33: Waived reading and passed as amended (amendments replaced “is proposed to be abandoned” with “is hereby abandoned” and added “reasonably” before “required” in item 2). - Items 34 through 40: Waived reading and referred to committees as noted (Public Works, Claims and Pending Suits, etc.). - Items 41 and 42: Waived reading and passed by voice or rising unanimous vote as recorded.

Procedural notes: Where the transcript recorded a roll call, votes were recorded as 14 ayes and one absence unless otherwise indicated. Numerous items were passed by voice vote. Several items were referred to committee for further consideration.