Quoroms and committees
Last night, one of the city's standing committees held a public hearing in regards to a possible slow no-wake hearing. The committee is made from 5 of the 12 council members. All 5 members on the committee were present plus 5 more members (not on the committee) showed up to the meeting and were sitting in the audience. Once the meeting started, the city administrator announced that there was a quorum of council members and urged the council members in the audience not to engage in the discussi
Open Meeting Laws sometimes take issue with enough members of a public body to constitute a quorum meeting outside the context of an official meeting of that body. The original poster should consult with a lawyer to determine if the Open Meeting Law in his state has such a rule and whether it is applicable to this situation.