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City staff provides DRB with ethics and open-meeting-law orientation
Summary
Communications director Ashley Snellenberger provided DRB members with annual ethics training and a review of Vermont open-meeting law: agenda posting rules, deliberative sessions, remote meeting limits, minutes and recording retention, complaint process, and conflict-of-interest and recusal procedures.
The board received an orientation on ethics and open-meeting law from Ashley Snellenberger, the city’s communications director, during the July 16 meeting. Snellenberger started by saying, “This will cover your ethics training for the year,” and explained that the city’s strategic action plan guides committee work plans and links to the budget process.
Snellenberger walked the board through open-meeting rules: agendas must be posted 48 hours before regular meetings (24 hours for special meetings) at municipal offices and two other city locations; agenda items must be specific rather than generic; audio/video recordings must be posted for at least 30 days; and minutes should be posted within five calendar days. She also covered deliberative (private) sessions and said a decision may be made privately if a written public record is produced. Colleen Dwyer was identified as the city’s human-resources director and ethics liaison for reporting ethics complaints. Snellenberger warned board members to avoid serial group communications about substantive matters and to disclose or recuse when conflicts of interest arise.
