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Committee members question proxy use and presence rules during executive session
Summary
A member asked how proxies were collected and whether a majority must be physically present to prevail; the clerk confirmed proxies were shared with staff but some procedural lines in the transcript were unclear.
During procedural discussion the committee addressed how proxies had been received and whether members must be physically present for a prevailing committee vote. A member raised a point of order, asking, “This was a decision that was made 5 minutes ago. I'm just curious how all these proxies came in,” and whether proxies covered “anything” or were specific to the morning’s actions.
The chair and other members discussed the role of proxies; the chair said his understanding was that "the majority has to be present" and that proxies could not alone create a prevailing vote for matters reported out of committee, though committee staff said proxies had been shared with the clerk. Transcript lines on the early proxy tally were partially garbled; the clerk later recorded the formal roll-call tallies for the nominations.
