Communication No 2022-01 -Sunshine Law Slides

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Communication Number 2022-01 Permitted Interaction: No Quorum Less than a quorum, therefore board meeting is cancelled or terminated as a matter of law But members at cancelled/terminated meeting can receive testimony and ask questions; must create a record; but cannot deliberate and decide At subsequent board meeting, must provide copies of testimony and report on testimony received at the cancelled or terminated meeting 15 A fifth permitted interaction is allowed when there is less than a quorum of members at a board meeting, which thus requires the cancellation or termination of the meeting as a matter of law. But for the convenience of the members of the public who have shown up at the meeting, this permitted interaction was adopted to allow the remaining board members to receive testimony and presentations on agenda items and to question testifiers. The members present at the terminated or cancelled meeting must create a record of the oral testimony or presentations received at the meeting, just as it would have created minutes had the meeting not been cancelled or terminated by law. Deliberation and decisionmaking , however, cannot occur until a subsequently held board meeting that is duly noticed, at which time, the board must be provided copies of the testimony and presentations along with a report by the members who were present at the cancelled or terminated meeting. 15