Category: Board Member Powers & Authority
New SOG Bulletin: Personnel Decisions for North Carolina’s Consolidated Human Services Agencies
By: Kristi Nickodem Published on: 01/18/22
S.B. 473: Frequently Asked Questions
By: Kristina Wilson Published on: 12/21/21
Legislature Decriminalizes Local Ordinances
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 10/07/21
Public Meetings After the Lifting of the State-Level State of Emergency
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 07/06/21
New Rules for Meetings of Public Bodies During State-Level Declared Emergencies
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 05/05/20
Failures to Vote by Board Members Participating Remotely
By: Trey Allen Published on: 03/20/20
Meetings and Public Hearings Under the Coronavirus State of Emergency
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 03/13/20
Who Appoints City and County Clerks?
By: Trey Allen Published on: 10/18/19
What are “Full and Accurate” Minutes?
By: Trey Allen Published on: 01/22/19
It’s Campaign Season: What Are the Rules About What City and County Officials May Say and Do?
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 10/30/17
Prayer at Local Government Meetings: An Evolving Jurisprudence
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 09/19/17
Open Meetings Book: New Edition Now Available
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 03/10/17
The Peaceful and Orderly Transfer of Power: Answers to Questions About Organizational Meetings and Swearing In New Board Members
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 11/14/16
Access to Confidential Client Records by Social Services Governing Boards
By: Aimee Wall Published on: 04/26/16
Repealing Ordinances
By: Trey Allen Published on: 11/13/15
Removing Members of Appointed Boards
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 06/03/15
When Board Members Won’t Talk Back
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 03/27/15
What’s a Public Body?
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 02/03/15
Polling the Board
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 12/03/14
Locally Adopted Voting Rules
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 07/09/14
Approving Minutes of Meetings You Didn’t Attend
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 02/05/14
Removing an Elected Official by Amotion: Judge Says It Can Be Done
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 09/12/13
Can the Board Go Into a Closed Session to Deliberate a Quasi-Judicial Decision?
By: David Owens Published on: 01/16/13
Individual Board Member Access to Email
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 08/11/10
Getting Your Message Across: What Can Public Officials Say In Support of Pending Policies or Proposals?
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 05/12/10
Powers of Mayors
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 12/23/09
I Second that Amotion
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 10/28/09
Voting by the mayor pro-tem
By: David M. Lawrence Published on: 10/09/09