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Legislature members question vote tally after moving into executive session
Summary
After voting to enter executive session, members and staff questioned whether all 13 legislators were present while the clerk's roll-call tally recorded 12 affirmative votes; the discrepancy remained unresolved on the public record.
Following the recorded roll-call vote to enter executive session, the chair and other participants raised a question about whether all 13 legislators were present while the clerk's tally showed 12 votes in favor.
The chair asked, “Don't we have 13 members present?” and a participant noted that one member, Rich Jones, was absent. The clerk recorded the roll-call result as "12 yes, 0 no," and participants discussed reconnecting or checking presence on the record; the exchange in the transcript did not resolve the discrepancy before the body moved into executive session.
The clerk had earlier called members by name during roll call; several brief responses of "Here" or "Present" occurred, but the transcript does not unambiguously map those verbal confirmations to the named roster in each instance. The apparent mismatch between the reported presence and the recorded vote tally was left unresolved in the public portion of the meeting.
