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<br /> / Iff} 1- <br /> Board and Commission Meetings <br /> Open Meetings Law Public Meetings <br /> The Texas Open Meetings Law All City board and commissior- meetings <br /> applies to meetings of all City boards and must be open to the public. While this may <br /> - commissions. seem simple enough, it does require staff <br /> f <br /> I The two basic features of this law are that members to plan meetings for properly sized <br /> \ advance public notices be given of meetings, facilities, make sure doors remain unlocked <br /> , <br /> and that meetings be open to attendance by etc. <br /> the public. <br /> A board or commission may meet in closed <br /> executive session for certain reasons such as <br /> Agenda Posting to discuss legal matters with the City <br /> Attorney's staff, or to discuss certain real <br /> The agenda listing the subjects to be property or personnel matters. Notice of an <br /> discussed at a meeting and the time and executive session must be given on the <br /> place of the meeting must be posted on the meeting agenda, and a checklist of the <br /> City Hall bulletin board at least 72 hours, or subjects discussed during an executive <br /> three full days before the time of the session must be kept bOy the chair and turned <br /> meeting. in to the City Secretary after the meeting. If <br /> fonnal action is needed on a matter <br /> An emergency meeting may be held, or discussed in executive session, it must be <br /> emergency subjects may be added to a taken after the board or commission <br /> previously posted agenda, only if immediate reconvenes in a public meeting. <br /> action is required of a board or commission <br /> due to an imminent threat to public health <br /> I and safety, or a reasonably unforeseeable <br /> I situation. The nature of an emergency is <br /> verified by the City Secretary and the City <br /> Attorney. Notice of emergency items must <br /> be posted at least two hours before a <br /> meeting, and must be provided by telephone <br /> to media representatives. <br /> An important corollary of the agenda <br /> posting requirement is that action on matters <br /> not listed on an agenda is limited to <br /> directing the staff to place the item for <br /> decision on a future agenda. <br /> 3.1 <br />