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City legal staff outlines open-meeting constraints as commission considers handbook changes
Summary
City staff and a city attorney told the Environmental Commission that Indiana’s open-meetings rules limit how working groups and multiple commissioners can informally coordinate; commissioners asked staff to draft handbook language to allow narrow pre-approval of working-group memos and to set a formal training schedule.
City staff and legal counsel spent a large portion of the Environmental Commission’s monthly meeting explaining how Indiana’s open-meetings rules affect board training, working groups and informal contact among commissioners.
Rachel Johnson, a city staff member, introduced a team that included Jackie Scanlon, assistant director of planning and transportation, city attorneys and deputy clerk Jennifer Crossley to discuss a year-long onboarding and an annual training program for boards and commissions. Jennifer Crossley said the training would cover expectations, a code of conduct and…
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