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St. Joseph council approves agenda and consent agenda
Summary
At its Nov. 17 meeting, the St. Joseph City Council approved the meeting agenda and the consent agenda on voice votes, opened and closed a public-comment period with no speakers, and proceeded to routine reports before announcing a planned closed session on labor negotiations.
The St. Joseph City Council approved its meeting agenda and the consent agenda during a brief Nov. 17 session, the presiding chair said.
Both motions were handled as routine business: the chair noted a motion and a second on the agenda and on the consent agenda, asked for further comment and then called for a voice vote. "All those in favor, signify by aye," the chair said; members responded "Aye," and the chair declared the motions carried.
The approvals occurred after the council opened a public-comment period and, finding no speakers, closed it. The council then moved on to department reports and mayor and council reports, where a councilor mentioned the upcoming Winter Walk community event and appealed for volunteers.
The meeting record in the transcript does not identify who made the formal motions or record roll-call votes; the chair used voice votes and the chair declared the motions carried. The council later announced it would temporarily end the open meeting to enter a closed session to discuss labor negotiations.
