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CB2 executive committee debates quorum rules and meeting practice
Summary
Manhattan Community Board 2’s executive committee discussed repeated quorum shortfalls, whether to hold informational meetings without a quorum and options for handling time-sensitive items, asking committee chairs to verify attendance before meetings.
Valerie Dela Rosa, chair of Manhattan Community Board 2’s executive committee, opened the July executive committee meeting and warned chairs to verify quorum before convening committee meetings, saying the board should avoid hosting agency guests when members are absent.
The discussion focused on whether committees should run informational meetings when quorum is not present and how to handle time-sensitive items. "So I just ask, specifically for ... ensuring that you have a quorum, and that your meeting is staffed appropriately," Dela Rosa said, urging chairs to postpone meetings that lack quorum unless there is an agency-driven deadline.
Board members described a long-standing culture of…
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