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A commission in our municipality is normally made up of nine members. At the present time, there are two vacancies on this commission, leaving the membership at seven.

What constitutes a quorum....would it be a majority (50% + 1) of the nine members(or a minimum of 5 members present) , or would it be a majority (50% + 1) of the seven members (or a minimum of 4 members present)?

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A commission in our municipality is normally made up of nine members. At the present time, there are two vacancies on this commission, leaving the membership at seven.

What constitutes a quorum....would it be a majority (50% + 1) of the nine members(or a minimum of 5 members present) , or would it be a majority (50% + 1) of the seven members (or a minimum of 4 members present)?

Thank you

You'll need to check your own rules for the quorum requirement, but in any case, if you have two vacancies, you do not have nine members. You have seven members and two empty seats. "Members" are living breathing people. Vacant offices are not people.

So if your quorum rules say you need a majority of members, you can figure accordingly. But again, you'll need to check the exact language.

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