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Waite Park council approves agenda, consent items and bills and adjourns at 6:31 p.m.
Summary
The Waite Park City Council opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, skipped public input, approved the agenda and a consent package that included hiring steps for a public works supervisor, firefighter appointments and a vacation payout for the public works director, then voted to pay bills and adjourned at 6:31 p.m. One council member voiced opposition to several items; exact counts are not specified in the transcript.
The Waite Park City Council opened its meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and, finding no speakers signed up for public comment, the Chair moved the meeting directly to consideration of the agenda.
A council member "moved to approve as presented," a second was recorded, and the Chair called the vote. One council member said, "I opposed," but the motion to approve the agenda was carried; the transcript does not provide a full roll-call or final numeric tally.
During the consent agenda, the Clerk read three items for approval: A) authorize the hiring process for a public works supervisor, B) approve firefighter appointments, and C) adopt a resolution to permit a vacation payout for the public works director. A motion and second were recorded; once again one council member voiced opposition by saying, "I opposed." The consent agenda passed according to the proceedings in the transcript; specific vote counts were not recorded.
With no regular agenda items, the council moved to pay outstanding bills. A motion to pay the bills was moved and seconded; the same pattern occurred in which one council member voiced opposition. The motion to pay the bills was recorded as approved in the meeting proceedings; detailed tallies are not available in the transcript.
A motion to adjourn was then made and seconded. The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 6:31 p.m. After formal adjournment, a participant or council member remarked that the group "just beat Rick's record" and noted an after-meeting length of about 2 minutes 30 seconds because there had been one item requiring a vote.
The meeting record in the transcript lists the consent items but does not identify the mover or seconder by name, nor does it provide complete roll-call vote counts. The transcript records repeated single-phrase objections ("I opposed") from a council member; because the transcript does not name that person, the report attributes those remarks to "Council member."
