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Land Use Review Board asks Legislature for limited open‑meeting flexibility to allow day‑to‑day collaboration
Summary
The newly constituted Land Use Review Board told the Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee that as a five‑member, full‑time board it needs limited flexibility to collaborate on guidance and procedural work outside formal open meetings while reserving all decisions for public sessions.
Jack Hurley, chair of the Land Use Review Board, and Pete Gill, executive director, told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee that the new five‑member board needs limited flexibility to collaborate on technical guidance and procedural work without violating open‑meeting rules.
The board’s leaders said they are committed to keeping decisions and milestone votes in open session but that day‑to‑day tasks — drafting guidance, reviewing regional-plan procedures under Title 24 and editing shared documents — become inefficient if every collaborative exchange requires a warned meeting. “We don't want an exemption from…
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