Attorney Chris Pollard tells RMLD commissioners: board decides what, manager decides how
Attorney Chris Pollard briefed the RMLD Board on Massachusetts General Laws chapter 164, telling commissioners the statute separates governance (board) from operations (manager) and summarizing appellate cases that enforced that division.
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Chris Pollard, an attorney with KP Law, told the RMLD Board the single organizing principle for municipal light governance is this: “If you're deciding what the utility should accomplish, you're probably acting as a commissioner. If you're deciding how the utility should accomplish it, you're probably acting as the manager.” Pollard cited Massachusetts General Laws chapter 164 and court precedents including the Gulubic and Larch decisions as the legal basis for that division.
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