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Board discusses adding resolutions to packets and consent-calendar process; chair resists automatic consent additions
Summary
Board members debated whether to include draft resolutions with packets and whether staff-approved applications should be added automatically to the consent calendar; the chair said he will not implement automatic consent additions during his term and emphasized the board's responsibility to review items.
Board members raised procedural changes during P&Z board matters at the April 16 meeting, including a proposal to include draft resolutions in agenda packets to reduce delays and a suggestion to automatically add staff-approved applications to the consent calendar. The chair warned that resolutions included in packets may be updated after motions and that board members would not see final signed resolutions until after staff completes edits; he said he will not adopt automatic consent additions during his term.
Members said including resolutions could help avoid delays if there are no substantive changes, but several commissioners said they expected to review items and reserve the right to request items be removed from the consent calendar for discussion. Aaron asked whether a resolution simply codified the board's vote; staff confirmed the resolution documents the findings and conditions attached to an approval. The board agreed to proceed carefully and to require that substantial changes return to the board for review.
