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DeKalb ops committee debates 'unanimous consent' threshold for consent agenda and walk-on items
Summary
DeKalb CountyOperations Committee members debated whether consent-agenda items should require unanimous approval of the full seven-member board, a five-vote threshold or unanimous agreement of those present, and asked the law department to draft clarifying language including how walk-on items should be handled.
The DeKalb County operations committee spent substantial time on March 9 debating how the county should treat items placed on the consent agenda and whether newly added "walk-on" items should be eligible for same-day approval.
The chair opened the discussion by noting the committee had begun the conversation at an earlier meeting and hoped to finish the standing rules today. Commissioners and staff disagreed about the proper threshold for placing or approving items on consent: some members urged retaining "unanimous" approval of the full seven-member commission for…
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