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Council split on Item 51-25 and capital plan; motion to deny 51-25 recorded, vote on adding capital plan tied
Summary
Councilwoman Dasha Smith moved to deny item 51-25 (accept negative Planning & Zoning report) after community input; the motion to deny was recorded as carried. A later motion to add the capital plan to the agenda produced a 9-9 roll-call tie and a dispute over whether the acting chair could break the tie and whether two-thirds was required.
Councilwoman Dasha Smith introduced item 51-25 (a BASIC-related project) and moved to deny the item and accept the negative report from the Planning and Zoning Commission, saying council members and community leaders had not been at the table from the outset and that the proposal affects “over 7,000 neighbors.” The chair and clerk worked to capture the motion language; once clarified, the clerk reported “1 no and the rest are yes,” and the motion to deny the committee report was recorded as carried.
Later in the meeting a motion was made to suspend the rules and add a capital plan to the agenda so it could be voted on that night. The clerk conducted a roll-call vote; the tally returned an apparent 9-9 tie. Councilors and the city attorney/parliamentarian debated whether adding the item required a two-thirds vote and whether the acting council president could cast a tie-breaking vote. The transcript ends with dispute and instructive exchanges but does not record a final, unambiguous resolution of the capital-plan vote.
Why it matters: The Item 51-25 motion concerns a redevelopment/land-use package (BASIC) and generated a substantive request from district council members to reconsider the process and community input; the capital-plan vote raised procedural questions about agenda control, timing and charter deadlines.
Actions and votes recorded: the clerk recorded the motion to deny item 51-25 as moved and seconded and reported a roll-call result that carried the motion. The motion to add the capital plan to the agenda was put to roll call and the transcript records a 9-9 split and a subsequent dispute over tie-breaking; an explicit final ruling is not captured in the provided transcript.
