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Assembly loosens teleconference limits for members, deletes narrow exception list; vote 9-0
Summary
By a 9-0 vote the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly on April 10 amended borough code to broaden teleconference participation rules for assembly members, removing a multi-point exception list and allowing more flexible virtual attendance when members have unforeseen needs.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly voted unanimously on April 10 to change its teleconference participation rules, removing a section of code that narrowly limited reasons and durations for virtual attendance.
Assemblymember D. O'Neil introduced the ordinance to allow members to participate virtually in more circumstances than the code previously permitted. The prior language restricted virtual attendance to four specific reasons (declared disaster, illness or injury of a member or immediate…
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