Board to revisit member comments after split vote; restoration deferred to January study session
Summary
A motion to restore time for board member comments was introduced and approved for future meetings, but Chairman Daniels said he would vote no for this meeting and asked that the item be discussed more fully in a January study session.
During agenda adoption, Board Member Mister King moved to add a recurring agenda item for board member comments. Chairman Daniels explained the item had been removed earlier because of concerns about decorum, saying he wanted to “focus back on the professional conduct that we expect” before restoring regular board comments.
Mister King said he would like the item returned to the agenda and suggested discussing the procedure in a study session before fully restoring the practice. Chairman Daniels said he supported discussing it in January but would vote against adding it to this meeting’s agenda. “My vote for this meeting is no,” he said, while acknowledging he planned to place the item on a study-session agenda.
The board conducted a roll-call vote on adding member comments for future meetings; recorded votes during the roll call were Miss Hayes — No; Mister Evans — Yes; Mister King — Yes; Mister Hollis — No; Miss Stewart — No; Miss Barnes — No; Mister Lacey — Yes; Chairman Daniels — No. The motion carried to add the item for future consideration, and the board agreed to review the format and expectations in a study session scheduled for January.
Next steps: staff will include a discussion of board member comments on the January study-session agenda and return with possible language or procedural suggestions for how and when members can offer comments.
