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Audit and revision notes for Raytown appointment article
Summary
Audit of the draft article identified minor transcript inconsistencies (appointee name variant and administrative staff name variant) and an unrecorded vote; the article was revised to note and clarify these items without introducing facts not in the transcript.
Audit summary:
1) Transcript name inconsistency: The resolution names the appointee "Diane Edgar" (read aloud in the resolution). Later in the spoken exchange the presiding officer addresses "miss Seager" when congratulating the appointee; the transcript appears to have a name-variation or transcription error. The article preserves the resolution name (Diane Edgar) as the authoritative name, and explicitly notes the transcript variant in clarifying details and the audit.
2) Administrative-staff name variant: The staff person conducting roll call and reading the resolution appears as 'Miss Henry' early in the transcript and later as 'Miss Henrick' when reading the resolution and calling the vote. The article standardizes on the form used when reading the resolution ('Miss Henrick' for the reading/call-to-vote) and records the variant in the clarifying details.
3) Vote-record ambiguity: The final roll call in the transcript records 'yes' replies from eight aldermen; Alderman Walters was earlier recorded as 'Not here.' The transcript does not record a final vote for Alderman Tush. The article reports the recorded yes votes and explicitly states that Alderman Tush's final vote is not recorded in the transcript rather than inferring a 'yes' or 'no'.
Revision actions taken: - Adopted the resolution name Diane Edgar as the appointee; attributed remarks to the appointee named in the resolution while noting the transcript's 'Seager' variant. - Noted and preserved staff-name variants in clarifying details rather than replacing them without evidence. - Explicitly described the vote as eight recorded yeses and two absent/not recorded votes; did not invent a specific tally beyond what is supported.
No additional factual elements were added beyond what appears in the transcript. The article text was updated to include clarifying sentences regarding name variants and vote-record gaps.
