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Advisory board discusses rules of procedure, legal limits on policymaking under Open Meetings Act
Summary
The Inspector General Advisory Board reviewed draft rules of procedure and received legal guidance that procedural rules should cover operations and not create substantive authority beyond the enabling ordinance; the board agreed to circulate edits individually and hold a public hearing before adoption.
After completing the recruitment briefing, the Inspector General Advisory Board moved to the next agenda item: rules of procedure. Chair David Salem introduced a draft prepared using exemplar documents from other Howard County boards and commissions and asked for legal guidance on required steps to adopt rules under county code.
Amanda Meijal of the Office of Law advised the board that while the Administrative Procedures Act and county code require that boards adopt rules of procedure, there are no specific statutory line items that dictate exact language. Meijal told the board that Maryland case law draws a clear line between procedural rules (which govern how a board operates) and substantive rulemaking…
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