Category: Motions, Minutes, & Hearings
A Parliamentary Procedure Primer: Part 2 – Motions
By: Kristina Wilson Published on: 12/20/22
A Parliamentary Procedure Primer: Part 1 – The Overview
By: Kristina Wilson Published on: 12/13/22
Remote Zoning Hearings during Declared Emergencies
By: Adam Lovelady Published on: 05/06/20
New Rules for Meetings of Public Bodies During State-Level Declared Emergencies
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 05/05/20
How to Approve Minutes and General Accounts of Closed Sessions
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 06/05/18
Open Meetings Book: New Edition Now Available
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 03/10/17
Post-Election Questions? Blog Posts Have Answers
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 11/28/16
When May a Board Member Change a Vote?
By: Trey Allen Published on: 06/15/15
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
Who Controls the Agenda?
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 04/16/13
Denying the Manager a New Contract in Closed Session
By: Robert Joyce Published on: 04/02/13
Now Therefore, Be It Resolved…
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 03/13/13
Criticizing Public Employees in Public
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 02/06/13
Can the Board Go Into a Closed Session to Deliberate a Quasi-Judicial Decision?
By: David Owens Published on: 01/16/13
Closed Session Minutes and General Accounts Under the Public Records Law
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 07/25/12
Open Meetings and the Public’s Right to Speak
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 11/16/11
Open Meetings and Confidential Taxpayer Information
By: Chris McLaughlin Published on: 11/11/10
Preserving Minutes and Other Permanent Records
By: Fleming Bell Published on: 03/30/10
Who Needs Minutes?
By: David M. Lawrence Published on: 12/10/09
What Happens in Closed Session, Stays in Closed Session…Or Does It?
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 12/09/09
Signing Minutes and Ordinances
By: David M. Lawrence Published on: 10/30/09
When Are Public Hearings Required
By: David M. Lawrence Published on: 08/21/09
Motions to Reconsider – A Follow-up
By: David M. Lawrence Published on: 08/14/09
Issues That Have Been Decided and the Motion to Reconsider
By: David M. Lawrence Published on: 08/07/09