Voting on Multiple Budgets
Q: Redevelopmnt Agency agenda asks for 1 vote on 11 budgets for 11 redevelopment project areas.
Does this conform to the Brown Act or should there be a 11 votes ?
A: The Brown Act requires that, generally, a vote cannot be taken on items that are not on the agenda, and that the agenda must contain a sufficient description of each item to be voted on. If the agenda lists all 11 budgets and the redevelopment agencies involved, that probably satisfies the Brown Act. There may be practical problems — what happens if a board member wants to vote yes on 10 budgets, but no on the 11th? If that happens, seems like the agency would have to have a separate vote on the disputed budget(s).