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    Brown Act

    City Council Action in Secret

    Our city’s fire chief is on medical leave.  I heard the city council approved a search for an interim fire chief several weeks ago, but it was not disclosed to our paper. Is it legal for the city council to approve a search without notifying the public?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Public notice and disclosure of existing litigation

    Our school district has a closed agenda item with the following sentence. Is this allowed?A) EXISTING LITIGATION(Subdivision (a) of Section 54956.9)Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a) the Board will confer with legal counsel concerning existing litigation; disclosure of the case name might jeopardize current settlement negotiations.How can the public comment on a case without […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Planning a Closed Session to Allow Confidential Documents

    For a lawsuit between two city board members and the city board, which is run as a corporation, the parties have reached an agreement to allow the board members to access documents in closed session so that it will be covered under the Brown Act. Can a government entity plan a session to […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    JPA’s (Joint Powers Act entities) and the Brown Act

    […] Districts within the County formed a co-operative entity (JPA) under the Joint Powers Act to pool resources regarding special education including litigation, legislation, training and "establishing criteria for determining the key issues involved in special education including the principal areas in need of systemic change."  A majority of the superintendents constitutes a quorum.  Question: […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Describing a closed session

    Is a school district obligated to describe the closed session subject in language understandable to the layperson?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    City Council names building without notice

    […] the action, but the mayor changed the request to a majority concurrence. The issue of naming the building and/or honoring the former colleague was NOT on the agenda. At the next council meeting an item was put on the council agenda to discuss adopting a policy and/or procedure for naming of public buildings. The […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Attorneys present at closed meetings

    I have a question about closed sessions. We want to update our Board of Directors on current litigation against our hospital. However, we don't necessarily need to have our attorney present to do so. Is this valid closed-session subject matter? And if so, do we need to list the litigation that will be discussed?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Agendas and sufficiency of “brief general descriptions”

    In accordance with Section 2.20.140(B)(3) of the Purchasing Ordinance, the City Manager is allowed to waive the request for proposal procedure and approve master professional service agreements with two firms pp to $100,000. I asked that the item be pulled and rescheduled because it did not describe the services (HR/Personnel) that the contracts were […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Agenda item questions

    […] in your second question, it would appear that "other administrative items, including delegation of tasks" may not have adequately described such item, and thus, it was inadequate notice. Similarly, if an item is labeled for "discussion" and the item was then voted upon, such item was likely not adequate notice to the public because […]

    June 14, 2009