Wayne County Airport Authority
Wayne County Airport Authority

Consent Agenda

RESOLUTION 
No. 03 - 155 

Adoption of the Use of Consent Agenda 
for Wayne County Airport Authority Board Meetings 

By Board Member Michael Glusac 

WHEREAS, the Wayne County Airport Authority, pursuant to the Michigan Public Airport Authority Act, being MCL 259.108 – 259.125c, operates and manages the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport and Willow Run Airport and is vested with the powers and authority to undertake such management and operation pursuant to the Aeronautics Code of the State of Michigan; and 

WHEREAS, the Wayne County Airport Authority is governed by the Wayne County Airport Authority Board; and 

WHEREAS, the Wayne County Airport Authority Board desires to adopt the use of a Consent Agenda for its future meetings, which is intended to minimize the time required for the handling of routine, non-controversial matters and permit additional time to be spent on complex and significant matters; and 

WHEREAS, the items proposed for the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and public comment or inquiries are not anticipated; and 

WHEREAS, it is reasonably expected that the proposed action on a Consent Agenda item would not require a Board Member to disclose a potential conflict or abstain from voting; and 

WHEREAS, any item on the Consent Agenda will be moved to the Regular Agenda upon request from any Board Member prior to or during the Board meeting; and 

WHEREAS, the items to be placed on the Consent Agenda are as follows: 

  1. Contracts 
  2. Lease or Contract Assignments 
  3. Lost Bond Certificate Replacements 
  4. Wayne County Airport Authority Board Meeting Minutes 

WHEREAS, if a Consent Agenda format is adopted, complete documentation for all items on the Consent Agenda will be provided in advance to all Board Members, which will provide all Board Members the opportunity to consider whether the item requires public discussion and should be moved from the Consent Agenda. 

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Wayne County Airport Authority Board hereby adopts the use of a Consent Agenda for its future meetings, which is intended to minimize the time required for the handling of routine, non-controversial matters and permit additional time to be spent on complex and significant matters. 

The items proposed for the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and public comment or inquiries are not anticipated. It is reasonably expected that the proposed action on a Consent Agenda item would not require a Board Member to disclose a potential conflict or abstain from voting. Any item on the Consent Agenda will be moved to the Regular Agenda upon request from any Board Member prior to or during the Board meeting. 

The items to be placed on the Consent Agenda are as follows: 

  1. Contracts 
  2. Lease or Contract Assignments 
  3. Lost Bond Certificate Replacements 
  4. Wayne County Airport Authority Board Meeting Minutes 

With the adoption of a Consent Agenda format, complete documentation for all items on the Consent Agenda will be provided in advance to all Board Members, which will provide all Board Members the opportunity to consider whether the item requires public discussion and should be moved from the Consent Agenda. 

This Resolution was supported by Board Member David Tread well and carried by the following vote: 

AYES: Anthony, Glusac, Nicholson, Settles, Tread well 

NAYS: Boike 
DATE: December 10, 2003