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Council approves consent agenda with multiple items pulled and split votes
Summary
The Queen Creek Town Council approved most items on the consent agenda but several items (including E and several F/H items) were pulled for separate consideration. Some council members explained they voted no on pulled expenditures they considered too large for town funding.
The Town Council approved the consent agenda with several items removed for separate votes after members requested additional discussion. Councilmember Martineau and Councilmember Padilla explained their "no" votes on several pulled items, citing a consistent fiscal philosophy against funding what they viewed as noncore expenditures.
Chair and council members moved forward on the remaining consent items. Councilmember Padilla explained she would vote no on item E and related pulled items because the combined expenditures from the pulled items approached what she estimated to be roughly $1,000,000 from town funds. Another council member requested a brief explanation on the record before a motion; the council then approved the consent items (except the pulled items) by recorded vote. Subsequent separate motions to approve the pulled sets of items passed in split votes after council members on the dais and online cast electronic votes.
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