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pending issues, including the budget for the new
fiscal year. The budget that passed already in-
cludes the cost of DP benefits.
After other items passed, Chrisman again
walked out.
Danish then called for public comments.
Of those from the LGBT community who came
to speak, all walked out except Cd Kirven.
Kirven blew up at the remaining board mem-
bers and said afterward she was surprised she
wasn't escorted out by security. But the board
members who listened to her appeared equally
frustrated after debating the issue for more than
a year and expecting it to pass without debate as
it had in committee that afternoon.
McDonnell said Chrisman and Cheney have
poisoned the effectiveness of the board.
"If Cheney and Chrisman stabbed them in the
back on this, there's no trust," McDonnell said.
"You need trust to be effective."
DART spokesman Morgan Lyons said the item
is on the Oct. 8 agenda and he expects action to be
taken on it then. If it passes then, the sign-up pe-
riod continues throughout October and employ-
ees will still be eligible to participate, with the
benefits starting Jan. 1. If it doesn't pass and is
pushed to a November meeting, the benefits
won't take effect until January 2015.
Lyons refused to comment on what would
happen if board members are absent and Ch-
eney and Chrisman are allowed to continue with
their delay tactics.
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When two DART board members walked out
of a meeting this week before a vote on a domestic
partner benefits plan, the board lost quorum and
the item was delayed until October.
Michael Cheney, who represents Garland, and
Randall Chrisman, who represents Carrollton,
voted against the item at a committee-of-the-
whole meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 24. But the item
passed 9-2 and needed a final vote by the board
later that evening.
DART board chairman John Danish pulled out
the bylaws to double-check quorum require-
ments. A quorum consists of two-thirds of the
board or 10 of 15 members in attendance. In ad-
dition to the two members who walked out, four
were absent, including two Dallas board mem-
bers who are supporters of the plan — Amanda
Moreno Cross and Jerry Christian.
"He was blindsided," Resource Center
spokesman Rafael McDonnell said about Danish.
Others who had attended the meeting, plan-
ning to thank the board for passing the benefits,
agreed.
When Danish realized business couldn't con-
tinue without a quorum, he called a recess and
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DOUBTFUL DEEDS | When two board members walked out of a meeting this week, breaking quorum,
Chairman John Danish had to look at the bylaws in order to proceed. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice)
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