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DDA to revisit by‑laws; chair highlights wording and notice changes
Summary
Chairperson Jeff Zettel asked the board to review the DDA by‑laws and highlighted edits, including changing 'livable downtown' to 'useful downtown,' standardizing references to the Michigan Open Meetings Act, considering an annual disclosure form, and lengthening the agenda‑distribution window.
Chairperson Jeff Zettel asked members to examine the DDA by‑laws and highlighted several sections that need attention.
Zettel identified specific edits: Sec. 2.3 should use the phrase "useful downtown" instead of "livable downtown"; Sec. 4.1 should uniformly cite the Michigan Open Meetings Act; Sec. 11.2 raised the question of whether an annual disclosure form should be adopted; and Sec. 13.2 should require agendas be prepared and distributed more than three days before meetings. The board discussed the language and asked members to review the by‑laws more closely for a future decision.
No formal by‑law amendments were adopted at the Jan. 14 meeting; the item remains under review.
