The Queen Creek Town Council approved the bulk of its consent agenda and later took a separate vote on consent item E after a council member declared a conflict of interest.

Council Member Brown moved to approve the consent agenda as published with the exception of item E; Council Member McClure seconded the motion. The council then voted to approve the remainder of the consent agenda unanimously, recorded in the transcript as 7–0.

Council Member Benney said he needed to pull item E to declare a conflict of interest. Later in the meeting Council Member Brown moved approval of consent item E with a second from Vice Mayor Martineau. The motion passed with six votes in favor and one abstention: Council Member Benney was recorded as abstaining.

Why it matters: Consent agendas bundle routine approvals such as minutes, intergovernmental agreements, procurement awards, and ministerial items. Pulling a single item for separate consideration, and a subsequent abstention, can indicate a personal, financial, or other recusal that prevents a member from voting on that particular item. The transcript does not specify the subject matter of item E nor the nature of the conflict.

Details from the record: The transcript records the two formal actions. The first motion (approve consent agenda except item E) was moved by Council Member Brown and seconded by Council Member McClure; the motion "does pass unanimously 7–0." The second motion (approve consent item E) was moved by Council Member Brown and seconded by Vice Mayor Martineau; the motion "does pass 6 and council member Benny abstaining." The transcript uses the spellings Benney, Benning, and Benny in different places; the council member who announced a conflict and who abstained is here standardized in the article to "Council Member Benney" to reflect the initial roll-call spelling used in the transcript.

The transcript does not list the specific contents of the consent items in the portion provided; those item descriptions and supporting staff reports were not specified in the transcript excerpts.