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Date
Item No. 90_257
Item/Subject: Directing Board of Ethics Review of
Possible Notice
Requirements for Gatherings of 5 or More Persons
Responsible Department:
Commentary:
- The purpose of this Order is to obtain Hoard
of Ethics
review of the need for additional notice to
the public and
other members of the Council for gatherings
of S or more
members of the City Council.
Dfalnevt Deed
Menages i Comments:
citym nnyn
Associated Information:
Budget Approval
Finance Drector
Legal Approval:
city Solicimr
Introduced For
OPassage
ā First Reading - Poge_of
ā Referral -
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Assigned to CommHor Blanchette, Tune 25, 1990
v CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) (Onur; n rectiag Board of Ethics Review of Possible Notice_
Requirements for Gatherings of 5 or More Persons
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BY the Cis Counnl of Aw Cit Of Bangor.
ORDERED,
THAT
WHEREAS, the presence of 5 or more members of the City Council at a
legally called meeting for which there has been proper notice to the
public and all members of the Council constitute a quorum for
purposes of transacting City business; and
WHEREAS, meetings of the City Council are "public proceedings° as
defined in 1 M.R.S.A. 5 402(2); and
WHEREAS, 1 M.R.S.A. 5 406 provides in relevant part that: "Public
notice shall be given for all public proceedings . if these
proceedings are a meeting of a body or agency consisting of 3 or more
persons. This notice shall be given in ample time to allow public
attendance and shall be disseminated in a manner reasonably
calculated to notify the general public in the jurisdiction served by
the local body or agency concerned."; and
WHEREAS, 1 M.R.S.A. 5 401 provides in relevant part that: .
clandestine meetings, conferences or meetings held on private
property without proper notice and ample opportunity for attendance
by the public (shall] not be used to defeat the purposes of this
subchapter (1 M.R.S.A. SS 401 at eeq.].ā¢; and
WHEREAS, on occasion, members of the Council find themselves in
situations where 5 or more members are present by reason of personal
invitation or other notification at a gathering for which no public
notice has been given and which does not constitute a legally called
meeting of the Bangor City Council, but at which matters relating to
the affairs of the City are discussed or considered.
Now, Therefore, By the City Council of the City of Bangor, be it
ORDERED, THAT the Board of Ethics consider and report back to the
Council its conclusions and recommendations as to whether there is a
need for additional ordinance standards dealing with the necessity of
notice to the public and other members of the Council in situations
where 5 or more councilors are invited to attend a meeting or
gathering which includes a discussion or consideration of matters
relating to the affairs of the City of Bangor.
IN CITY COUNCIL
June 25, 1990
Tabled until next meeting by the
following yes and mw votes.
Councilors voting yea: Baldacci,
cohen, England, Sewyer, Saxl, Sosnaud.
Stone and Sullivan. Councilor absent:
Blanchette.
CIPT/CtERR
In City Council July 09,1990
Passed by the fallowing vote
5 yes 3 no 1 absent
Voting yea Baldacci,Blanchette,
Savya[,Saxl,Sullivan.
voting No Cohen.England.5tone
Absent Sosnaud
ity Clerk e C/K
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ORDER
Title,
Oirectiq 9oa[d of Etfifcs Review of
Possible Notice Requi[emmts for
Ga[M1erin a of 5 0[ No[e Pe[eons
A signed to
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