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Planning staff outlines legal, technical limits for video attendance under Texas open-meetings rules
Summary
Planning staff told the Planning and Design Commission on Feb. 6 that Texas open-meetings rules require a physical quorum and a physically present presiding officer for decision-making boards that permit remote members, and that remote sites must maintain continuous two-way audio and video.
Planning department staff briefed the Planning and Design Commission on Feb. 6 about legal and technical requirements for permitting video conference attendance at decision-making commission meetings under the Texas open-meetings rules.
Staff summarized advice received from the attorney’s office and the relevant portion of state law, identifying the Texas Local Government Code provisions governing remote participation (staff cited the statute by chapter and section during the briefing). The two central compliance points staff emphasized were that a full physical quorum must be present in the meeting room and the presiding officer (the chair) must be…
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