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Council adds Tropical Storm Bertha emergency resolution to consent agenda, approves amended agenda
Summary
Council voted unanimously to suspend the rules and approve an amended agenda that adds a resolution declaring a state of emergency in advance of Tropical Storm Bertha.
The council president moved to suspend the rules so an emergency resolution related to Tropical Storm Bertha could be added to the consent agenda; the motion was seconded and the council "unanimously agreed to," according to the meeting record.
The clerk read the amendment adding "a resolution declaring the state of emergency for Tropical Storm Bertha" to the consent agenda. The body then approved the agenda as amended with no recorded opposition. The president called for the question and the amendment passed as presented. The council did not record individual roll-call votes in the transcript.
