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MIN2025-171 Approval of the August 4, 2025 Pre-Council Meeting Minutes

2025-08-18 · approved on consent · minutes

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Consent-agenda motion

This item belongs to the documented omnibus motion.

Recorded roll call
PositionCountPublished names
aye6Councilmember Hines, Councilmember Lindley, Councilmember Welch, Councilmember Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Gould, Councilmember Oglesby
nay0None
absent1Councilmember Pickens

Decision and next steps

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    Administrative record or meeting procedure

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Motion sequence

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01 / THE PLACE

Every decision starts somewhere.

Start with the place. Then move through the votes, the dollars and the records that connect them.

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02 / THE VOTE

A vote is a beginning.

Follow the documented decision, its authorized next step and what the later record actually shows.

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03 / THE DOLLARS

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04 / YOUR STREET

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05 / THE ROOM

Return to the record.

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06 / THE EVIDENCE

Keep the source in view.

Follow the citations and see the gaps. A later event and a council authorization are separate pieces of evidence.

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