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Council explains consolidated roll-call to speed appointments
Summary
Council leaders said they grouped multiple board appointments into one roll-call vote "to conserve a little bit of time," allowing repeated assessments to be recorded together.
The Bryan City Council consolidated votes for multiple board appointments into a single roll-call to speed the meeting.
After staff read the list of nominees for various commissions, the Chair explained the council had assessed all nominees and chose to act on them together rather than voting on each board separately. The Chair said the approach was "just to conserve a little bit of time." The consolidated approach resulted in a single voice vote recorded as unanimous.
Council members did not indicate any objection to the procedure during the recorded discussion and proceeded to the next agenda item.
