Plainfield resident Dr. Harold Yood rose at the comments section of Wednesday's City Council meeting to question the inclusion of resolution R203-08 as a consent item.
The item was the award of a professional services contract in the amount of $103,800 to the engineering firm of Remington & Vernick for engineering services for the West 4th Street reconstruction.
Consent items are those considered unobjectionable or pro forma and are voted on as a group, without discussion.
The Council seemed to concur that it was a legitimate question, but seemed unsure what to do until Dottie Gutenkauf read them chapter and verse from their own Rules: should a Councilor OR A CITIZEN object to an item being on the consent resolution, it is to be removed and considered as a non-consent item in its regular order.
Time was when it was quite customary for Councilors to use this procedure.
For some reason, the current Council seems not to be overly familiar with the jots and tittles of its own Rules.
Ray Blanco and Phyllis Mason must be spinning in their graves!
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