Council approves meeting agenda and confirms several commission appointments

The mayor read the consent agenda, and several items were pulled for separate discussion. The city clerk reported a split 3-3 vote for an Open Space and Trails Commission vacancy and asked for a council member to change a vote; the mayor and clerk then announced the resulting appointments for several commissions.

The clerk announced the Durham City-County Appearance Commission appointees Lisonbee Steele and Caitlin Wheeler; Human Relations Commission appointees Scott Bridal and Shandra M. Jones; and Samuel F. Thomas for an at-large seat on the participatory budgeting steering committee. The clerk also reported that the Open Space and Trails Commission selection was ultimately decided following a vote adjustment.

A council member moved and another seconded a motion to approve the meeting agenda; the mayor called for ayes and the meeting was adjourned. No formal roll-call vote tally was recorded in the transcript for the agenda motion at the time it was announced.