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Board adopts updated trustees bylaws, approves remote participation rules
Summary
The Public Defender Service Corporation board approved updated trustees bylaws that clarify remote participation (allowed except for executive sessions and due-process meetings). The board adopted the clean copy as presented by motion and voice vote.
The Public Defender Service Corporation Board of Trustees voted to adopt updated trustees bylaws that clarify when trustees may participate remotely. During the meeting, trustees discussed a proposed clean copy with changes highlighted and unanimously approved the version that allows remote participation except for executive sessions or due-process meetings.
Board members said the remote-participation language will permit trustees who are preparing remotely to remain part of the forum, but it explicitly excludes participation in executive sessions or due-process hearings. Trustee discussion centered on where to place the remote-participation language in the bylaws and whether the policy should specify meeting-day scheduling to accommodate members who participate virtually.
A motion to adopt the bylaws as presented was moved and seconded and passed on a voice vote. The board did not attach additional amendments to the approved clean copy during this meeting; staff will circulate the final, adopted wording in the next board packet. The board also set the next meeting for March 10 and adjourned at the end of the session.
