Guest John Posted May 8, 2014 at 10:03 PM Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 at 10:03 PM We have a 5 person local government board that voted 3 to 1(only 4 members attending) in the affirmative to approve a contract between two other local governments. The chairman the only NO vote. The chairman now refuses reuses to sign the approved contract. the chairman now wants to renegotiate the details of the contract. Can is the chairman forced to forced to sign the approved contract? Can the vice-chairman be forced to sign if he refuses to sign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted May 8, 2014 at 10:09 PM Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 at 10:09 PM This is really a legal question for your town lawyers to answer. In an ordinary (volunteer - not a municipal board or whatever) association the president could be censured for not carrying out the wishes of the majority. Whether you can do that to your chairman (or something more substantial) takes you back to the lawyers again. Perhaps it is time for the town voters to elect a new chairman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted May 8, 2014 at 10:22 PM Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 at 10:22 PM We have a 5 person local government board that voted 3 to 1(only 4 members attending) in the affirmative to approve a contract between two other local governments. The chairman the only NO vote. The chairman now refuses reuses to sign the approved contract. the chairman now wants to renegotiate the details of the contract. Can is the chairman forced to forced to sign the approved contract? Can the vice-chairman be forced to sign if he refuses to sign? From a purely parliamentary perspective, I'd say the answer is "yes" to both questions, but as noted, there may be legal issues which would complicate things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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