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Search Results for: Notice & agenda requirements for closed meetings – Page 3

A&A: Restrictions on Agendas and Minutes

FAC March 4, 2012

Q: I am attempting to report on city government and  have learned that the city only offers citizens the chance to view agendas during normal business hours. If one wishes to obtain copies, the city charges $.15 per black and white page. Past agendas and minutes can be obtained by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope. Agendas and minutes are also not available online. It appears very un-American to set limited time parameters and charge citizens

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A&A: Does short notice of public hearing invalidate contract?

FAC June 23, 2010

Q: DMV code requires a Public Hearing before entering into a Red-Light Camera Contract. I contend the new contract our city council has approved is invalid because the requirement for a public hearing was not met. The city manager proposed a new contract when the current contract expires June 30. The Public Hearing was noticed on May 18 in a local newspaper for a June 1 meeting, at which time the city council  was to

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A&A: Discussion of Employee Termination in Closed Session

firstamendment June 13, 2009

Discussion of Employee Termination in Closed Session Q: In 2007, the City held its last budget study session and on the closed session my job, as Director of Finance, title or position was never put on for discussion, nor was my job title put on for closed session since I started with the City. The next morning the mayor and the City manager were waiting for me to terminate my employment with the City. The

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A&A: Regularly Scheduled Special Meetings

firstamendment June 13, 2009

Regularly Scheduled Special Meetings Q: Can a regularly scheduled meeting be called a “Special Meeting” Can a Closed Session be called a Special Meeting if the “reporting out” is part of the immediately following regular meeting? A: Under the Brown Act, a “special meeting” may be called to discuss or act on a matter that is too pressing to delay until a regular meeting, or an issue that deserves extensive consideration unburdened by other business. 

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A&A: Governing Boards with Public Funds

firstamendment June 13, 2009

Governing Boards with Public Funds Q: I would like to know if governing Boards for co-ops that use public funds fall into the jurisdiction of the Brown Act or the Bagley-Keen open meeting act?  If so how the Brown Act applies to these governing bodies? A: The California Brown Act generally requires “legislative bodies” of “local agencies” (for example, cities, counties, and school districts) to hold their meetings open to the public unless a specific

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