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City attorney’s training reviews municipal law, conflicts and Sunshine Law for council
Summary
Lauber Municipal Law attorney Jennifer Baird gave a high-level training covering charter-city powers, ordinance vs. resolution distinctions, conflict-of-interest rules, nepotism, and Missouri’s Sunshine Law.
Jennifer Baird, attorney with Lauber Municipal Law and legal counsel to the city, delivered a high-level training to the Blue Springs City Council on municipal law topics including forms of city government, ordinance and resolution procedures, conflicts of interest, nepotism, and the Missouri Sunshine Law.
Baird told the council that Blue Springs is a charter (home-rule) city and therefore has the broad powers granted by the Missouri Constitution; she contrasted charter or “home-rule” cities with…
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