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Law department: meeting may proceed despite Zoom outage; council extends committee meeting 15 minutes
Summary
The city law department advised the Finance Committee that, under recently enacted state authorization for remote participation and associated regulations, the chair has discretion to continue a meeting during technical failures; later the committee voted to extend the meeting by 15 minutes (7 recorded yes, 2 absent).
The Finance Committee began the session while the city experienced a widespread Zoom outage. The deputy city solicitor told the committee that regulations implementing the state authorization for remote participation allow the chair discretion to address technical difficulties and do not require cancellation of the meeting if…
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