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File #: 197895    Version: 1
Type: Communication Status: Placed on File
File created: 10/20/2014 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/23/2014 Final action: 11/13/2014
Enactment date: 10/23/2014 Enactment #: 197895
Title: Acting as President, reminding Committee Chairs to keep in mind the provisions of Rule 28.
Sponsors: William A. White Jr.

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Acting as President, reminding Committee Chairs to keep in mind the provisions of Rule 28.

 

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Committee Chairs should keep in mind the provisions of Rule 28:

 

"Pursuant to the Open Meeting Law, if less than a quorum of the full Board of Aldermen attends a committee meeting, the visiting members may participate in full discussion. However, if a quorum of the full Board of Aldermen is present at the committee meeting, the visiting members must sit in the audience and participate as members of the public and may not deliberate."

 

The Board of Alderman clerk covering the meeting may alert the Committee Chair when a quorum of the Board is present.