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Highlands workshop debates 'rules' vs 'guidelines' and legal gray area over remote voting
Summary
At the April 16 workshop town attorney Nick told commissioners that pandemic-era orders that allowed remote participation lapsed and that courts have left remote voting and quorum questions ambiguous; the board agreed to have the attorney revise procedures and return them for formal adoption.
During the Highlands Board of Commissioners workshop on April 16, members spent substantial time on a draft rules-of-procedure document and on whether to call the document 'rules' or 'guidelines.'
Member concerns centered on whether a document labeled 'rules' could be used to challenge board actions if technical requirements were later contested. One commissioner urged calling the document 'guidelines' to avoid strict legal exposure; the town attorney, Nick, said the substance of the document matters more than its label, and courts often treat procedure-looking…
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