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DRAFT 1-d. The removal of items from Consent and the 2-d. If items are removed from Consent and are not immediate discussion of those items (current discussed as noted in " 2-a" above, the appropriate practice) take time and sometimes cause Decision staff members would need to attend a second agenda items to be delayed due to time constraints regular Board meeting. This use of staff work time and the 10:30 adjournment provision. The and the loss of the employee's personal time may appropriate staff members for the Decision items not be efficient. The proposal could create potential then have to attend a second regular Board delay for removed Consent items and second meeting. This use of staff work. time and the loss meetings for affected staff. of the employee's personal time may not be efficient. The proposal could reduce the potential delay of Decision items and second meetings for affected staff. 2-e. The removal of an item from the Consent agenda and its delay to the later in the meeting may create uncertainty and hardship for staff in regard to family- related matters includin child care for the evenin . 2-f. A potential unintended consequence of the proposed change may be that staff members, either through agenda abstract content or by request, prompt the placement of agenda items on the Decision agenda rather than on the Consent agenda. Staff would want to avoid their items potentially being removed from Consent and delayed until later in the meeting. This would result in a greater number of items on the Decision agenda, prompt/require additional time for Decision item presentations during meetings, and diminish the goal of efficiency. Additionally, if during the agenda development process there was some question regarding whether an item was appropriate for either the Consent or Decision portions of the agenda, a respective staff member may prompt the item's placement on the Decision agenda simply to avoid the item possibly not being discussed at all as a removed Consent item due to time constraints/the 10:30 adjournment rovision.