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City attorney tells board to 'act like a judge' and avoid ex parte contacts in quasi‑judicial hearings
Summary
Kyla Murray, Belgrade city attorney, told the Board of Adjustments that quasi‑judicial decision making requires impartiality, use of staff criteria, disclosure of unavoidable ex parte contacts and written findings for complex cases.
Kyla Murray, the city attorney for Belgrade, opened the meeting’s procedural portion by explaining that when the Board of Adjustments acts in a quasi‑judicial capacity "essentially you're acting like a judge." She told members they must make decisions based on evidence presented at the hearing, apply the legal standards in the staff report and avoid ex parte…
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