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Land Use Review Board asks committee for limited Open Meeting Law relief to allow small‑group drafting
Summary
Officials from Vermont’s Land Use Review Board told the Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee they need a narrow exception to the state Open Meeting Law so the five‑member board can perform staff‑style drafting and get legal advice before presenting proposals in public.
Peter Gill, executive director of the Land Use Review Board, told the Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee that the board’s new duties under Act 181 have transformed it from a mostly volunteer panel into a five‑member, full‑time body that performs both permitting and governance work. “We have a permitting program plus we also have all these governance changes that occurred under Act 181,” Gill said during the committee hearing.
Janet Hurley, chair of the Land Use Review Board, said the board lacks the administrative support typical of an executive agency and that holding every preparatory conversation in open session is…
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