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Board revisits policy barring same firm from serving as solicitor and negotiator; motion made to undo prior suspension
Summary
Board members debated undoing a recent suspension of Policy 0176, which states the board solicitor and labor negotiator should not be the same attorney. A motion to restore the policy was made and seconded and board members voted in a roll-call recorded in the public transcript; the board deferred deeper legal discussion to executive session.
A board member moved during the public meeting to undo a prior suspension of Policy 0-1-7-6, the district policy that states the solicitor and the negotiator should not be the same attorney.
The motion to rescind the suspension was introduced by a board member who told the meeting the policy “basically says our solicitor and our negotiator should not be the same attorney” and that they were not comfortable continuing without further advice from conflict counsel. Elaine seconded that motion.
Board solicitor Ari Schneider told the board the policy is not uniformly applied across districts and that the practice of using a…
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