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Board endorses one‑member, one‑vote approach and adds supermajority items to bylaws
5417940 · June 26, 2025
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Summary
LAWA moved away from weighted voting, adopting one vote per director for regular matters and placing a list of major items behind a two‑thirds supermajority threshold that also requires affirmative votes from the directors representing Fargo and Grand Forks for specified actions.
Board counsel presented a revised bylaws draft and explained the principal remaining issue was voting. Counsel said the compromise in the draft is one director, one vote for regular matters and a supermajority list for major items. The supermajority is defined as two‑thirds of all…
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