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Chesapeake Beach council flags Board of Appeals eligibility clause for after long-running case
Summary
Council discussed a provision in the Board of Appeals rules that can render members ineligible for missing a single meeting, and agreed to postpone changes until the currently ongoing case concludes. Council noted the requirement is unusual and not retroactive, and the chair plans to avoid meetings if quorum would be compromised.
At the Feb. 18 Chesapeake Beach Town Council meeting, councilmembers debated whether the town should change a provision in the Board of Appeals’ governing documents that can render a member ineligible to vote if they miss a single meeting.
A councilmember who asked to add the Board of Appeals matter to the agenda said the clause had prevented two board members who had served many months from voting in a long, complex case and called the outcome “summarily unfair.” The councilmember said the Board of…
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