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21 <br /> 1 John Roberts said it means they would bring the topic back but not necessarily the exact <br /> 2 ordinance. <br /> 3 Commissioner Bedford said she has no opposition for a committee to work on student <br /> 4 safety. <br /> 5 Commissioner Greene said she stands by her comments previously and appreciates <br /> 6 comments tonight. <br /> 7 John Roberts said in their rules of procedure they have substituted the word table with <br /> 8 "defer consideration." He said that if not brought back within one hundred days, this would die. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 A motion was made by Commissioner Hamilton, seconded by Commissioner Fowler, to <br /> 11 defer consideration of this item. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 VOTE: Ayes, 6 (Commissioner Fowler, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Hamilton, <br /> 14 Commissioner McKee, Chair Price, Commissioner Richards); Nays (Commissioner <br /> 15 Bedford) <br /> 16 <br /> 17 MOTION PASSES 6-1 <br /> 18 <br /> 19 A motion was made by Commissioner Hamilton, seconded by Commissioner McKee, to <br /> 20 establish a task force with county staff and commissioner representatives, school staff and <br /> 21 school board members, sheriff's staff, and members of the public to look at this issue. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Chair Price said she hopes the public can make a few in-roads to make comments and <br /> 26 connect with the school board members. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 7. Reports <br /> 29 None. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 8. Consent Agenda <br /> 32 <br /> 33 • Removal of Any Items from Consent Agenda <br /> 34 . Approval of Remaining Consent Agenda <br /> 35 • Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Commissioner Bedford requested to remove item 8-e from the Consent Agenda. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Fowler, to <br /> 40 approve the remaining consent agenda. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 43 <br /> 44 In reference to the proposed 2023 Board of County Commissioners meeting calendar, <br /> 45 Commissioner Bedford said the issue with having the joint school board meeting in March is that <br /> 46 the schools will not have their budgets ready by then. She said she spoke to two school board <br /> 47 members and they would like to have a joint school board meeting later in April. She proposed <br /> 48 making the second half of the work April 20, 2023 the joint meeting. <br /> 49 Chair Price said the reason a March joint school board meeting was suggested was <br /> 50 based on a request from the school boards wanting to have an opportunity to talk about issues <br />