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Votes at a glance: committee adopts agenda, approves minutes, and authorizes staff action on penny sales tax commission
Summary
The finance committee adopted the meeting agenda, approved April 15 minutes, and voted to authorize staff to form a commission and prepare a ballot question for a capital penny sales tax to fund the detention center; procedural votes were taken by voice and recorded as carried.
The finance committee recorded several procedural and substantive votes during the May 20 meeting.
Adopt agenda: The committee moved and seconded to adopt the meeting agenda; the motion carried by voice vote.
Approve minutes: The committee moved and seconded to approve minutes from the April 15 finance meeting; the motion carried by voice vote.
Authorize staff to assemble commission (detention center funding): The committee made and seconded a motion to recommend that full council authorize staff to assemble a citizens commission and proceed with preparations for a capital penny sales tax ballot question and outreach; the motion carried by voice vote. Staff was given direction to draft language, coordinate with the county attorney and elections staff, begin public-education planning, and obtain architect/design estimates.
The meeting adjourned following a final procedural motion that carried by voice vote.
