Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Dekalb County board to explore remote attendance at meetings

under the Open Meetings Act, if a quorum of members are physically present at a meeting, a majority vote can allow the member-in-question to attend the meeting “by other means,” either a video or audio conference.
The absent member must give advance notice unless “impractical,” and the law doesn’t apply to closed meetings

an official can be allowed to attend remotely if he or she is ill, disabled, has a job conflict, is doing business on behalf of the county or has a family emergency.

Click on the following for more details:  County board to explore remote attendance at meetings | Daily Chronicle

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