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Attorney briefs Carefree commissioners on open-meeting law and Robert's Rules
Summary
Attorney Nick Cook reviewed Arizona open-meeting law, executive-session limits, conflict-of-interest rules and the town's use of Robert's Rules as meeting guidance, answering commissioners' procedural questions.
Attorney Nick Cook gave a training presentation to the Planning & Zoning Commission and Development Review Board on Arizona open-meeting law and how the town uses Robert's Rules of Order as a guideline for running meetings.
Cook cited ARS 38-431 (as quoted in the presentation) and summarized the principal obligations: meetings of a public body are public; legal action by a public body must occur in public meetings; the public has a right to attend and record proceedings, although the statute does not itself create a universal right to participate except where public hearings or agenda call-to-the-public provisions apply. He told commissioners…
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