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City attorneys train Norwalk Planning & Zoning on FOIA, conflicts, site visits and enforcement
Summary
Norwalk city attorneys gave a required orientation to Planning & Zoning commissioners covering the statutory training requirement, Freedom of Information Act rules (including that emails and site visits can be meetings), conflict-of-interest and predetermination guidance, executive session rules and recent changes to enforcement tools.
Norwalk City corporation counsel Mario Coppola and outside counsel led a training session for members of the Norwalk Planning & Zoning Commission that reviewed statutory training requirements, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) obligations, conflict-of-interest rules and the city’s enforcement options.
The orientation, offered to satisfy the statutory minimum training commissioners must take during their term, summarized when the commission must hold public hearings, how FOIA treats informal communications, and how the city’s municipal citation procedure works alongside court injunctions.
Coppola told commissioners the training helps them meet a statutory requirement for an orientation during each commission term and that “of the 4 hours, 1 hour has to be on affordable housing and fair housing policies.” He said the city would try to keep records of department-provided trainings but that commissioners should personally track their participation.
Nick Pamonte, an outside…
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