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Livingston URA reviews new bylaws, conflict policy and limits on subcommittees; board agrees to consider a website microsite
Summary
City staff presented the URA bylaws and board handbook (including a new conflict-of-interest disclosure requirement), clarified quorum and recusal rules under state law, warned that subcommittees are subject to open‑meetings rules, and the board voted to add a microsite/web presence and consultant tasks to a future agenda.
City staff presented newly standardized bylaws and a board-and-commission handbook to the Livingston Urban Renewal Agency on July 22, emphasizing conflict-of-interest disclosure, quorum rules and the limits that Montana open‑meetings law places on committees and subcommittees.
Why it matters: The handbook and bylaws clarify what board members may do in private between meetings, when they must recuse themselves, and how subcommittees and one-on-one conversations can trigger open‑meetings obligations. Those rules affect how the URA will handle grant reviews, outreach and any work delegated outside a public meeting.
City Manager Grant Gager reviewed the packet and the new conflict-of-interest disclosure form and told the board the city commission asked staff to standardize bylaws across advisory bodies. He read the applicable state law on open meetings and emphasized the policy’s goal: "Public confidence…
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