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Fenton aldermen receive annual training on Missouri municipal law, Sunshine rules and conflicts
Summary
The city attorney led an annual training for the Fenton Board of Aldermen covering statutory limits under Dillon’s Rule, recent changes to Missouri’s Sunshine Law, record-retention and public-record procedures, conflict-of-interest and voting rules, and limits on email/text communications among a quorum.
The city attorney led the Board of Aldermen of Fenton through its annual training session on municipal law and governance, emphasizing statutory limits, recent changes to the Sunshine Law and rules about conflicts of interest, record requests and meeting procedure.
The training focused on why Fenton, as a statutory fourth-class city, must follow the authority granted in state law rather than the broader powers available to home-rule (charter) cities. "We always start with kinda city introduction... what authorities we're coming from," the city attorney said, noting the need to consult Missouri Revised Statutes chapter 79 when the city considers new regulations.
The presentation highlighted recent and pending legislative developments the city attorney said affect local practice. On the Sunshine Law (Chapter 610, RSMo), the attorney described an expected amendment exempting minors’ personal information from public…
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