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Study session canceled after lack of quorum; meeting rescheduled for Feb. 24
Summary
The Mabton study session set for Feb. 10 was canceled because three council members were absent, leaving the meeting without a quorum; officials said the members present adjourned and rescheduled to the next regular meeting on Feb. 24.
The clerk announced that the Mabton study session scheduled for Friday, Feb. 10, "will be is canceled due to lack of quorum," leaving no business conducted at the scheduled study session.
A council member said the group had learned that three council members had called in and would not be present. "We had 3 council members call in, so we do not have a quorum," the council member said, citing the attendance shortfall that prevented formal action.
A staff member reviewed the city's public-meeting procedure and said that when a quorum is not present "the members who are present can adjourn the meeting either to another date or to the next regularly scheduled meeting." Following that guidance, the clerk announced the cancellation and that the session would be postponed to the next regular meeting; another participant corrected the date to Feb. 24.
Because there was no quorum, the council did not take up substantive agenda items or votes during the scheduled study session. The council expects to address the session's planned items at the next regular meeting on Feb. 24, unless otherwise posted.
Meeting officials did not provide further details about which agenda items will be moved or whether any public notices will be amended; that information was "not specified" in the conversation.
The city referenced its public-meeting rules during the exchange; staff said the procedure for adjournment in the absence of a quorum allows members present to reschedule the meeting.
