One of the most common questions homeowners ask is whether their HOA board is allowed to conduct private executive sessions outside of the official meetings announced to the community. Transparency is the cornerstone of effective association governance, and homeowners want to feel confident that decisions affecting their property and community are being made fairly and […]| Kuester Management
In the fall of 2023, Matthew Creech won the mayoral race in Lucama, North Carolina as a write-in candidate. Immediately after new-mayor Creech took office, the town council (called the “board of commissioners”) unanimously adopted a resolution “establishing the powers … Read more The post Board Action and the Powers of the Mayor appeared first on Coates’ Canons NC Local Government Law.| Coates’ Canons NC Local Government Law
For the first time in 30 years, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is without Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. It is also without one of its most consistent advocates for transparency in government.| Wisconsin Watch
Former Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent Marie Feagins appears in circuit court July 22. (Photo by Patrick Lantrip reprinted with permission from The Daily Memphian) The former Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent, Marie Feagins, pressed her case in court Tuesday that the school board violated the| Tennessee Coalition for Open Government
A judge found that the Chattanooga City Council violated the Open Meetings Act in developing its new voting district maps in 2021 and 2022. The city's arguments that closed meetings were simply "informational" and contained no deliberations or decision-making was refuted by evidence that included council members own comments about the process. In addition, the judge found that serial meetings held by city staff with each council member to get approval of a proposed map before presenting it in...| Tennessee Coalition for Open Government
An advisory board that could oversee the Memphis Shelby County School Board, including influence over removing school board members, would be given an exemption to the Open Meetings Act under the Senate version of a bill that will be voted upon today. Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Memphis, is sponsoring SB714 that would allow the state to| Tennessee Coalition for Open Government