New state statute requires public bodies to provide more details of why they are meeting behind closed doors, complaint states. NORTHAMPTON — When a body of local government in Massachusetts meets in executive session — that is, behind closed doors — does it have to announce to the world exactly what’s going to be discussed? [...]
Talking with reporters after a meeting is a good thing, but can be tricky, assistant AG tells councilors. NORTHAMPTON – The state Attorney General’s Office has denied Bridge Road resident Philip Brocklesby’s Open Meeting Law complaint, which he filed on appeal after it was dismissed by a City Council subcommittee last fall. The focus of [...]
AG’s office says bus driver Philip Brocklesby missed the Oct. 30 deadline to appeal city’s rejection of his complaint NORTHAMPTON – A city man who had charged three city councilors with violating the state’s Open Meeting Law by talking with a reporter after a public meeting has apparently dropped the case. A spokeswoman for state [...]
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Answering a reporter’s questions after the meeting does not violate the State’s Open Meeting Law, the Public Safety Committee’s formal ruling states. The ACLU’s Bill Newman says the decision is an important one. NORTHAMPTON – The verdict is in: No Open Meeting Law violation. At least that’s the formal, written opinion of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee, [...]
The three members of the Public Safety Committee named in the Open Meeting Law complaint voted unanimously to deny it. Councilor Angela Plassmann recused herself. *** NORTHAMPTON – In a 3-0 vote Monday, the Public Safety Committee rejected a claim by Bridge Road resident Philip Brocklesby that committee members violated the state Open Meeting Law [...]
The committee, which meets today, will discuss the complaint and vote on whether to support a police station ballot question. NORTHAMPTON – Bridge Road resident Philip Brocklesby has filed an open meeting complaint with the city clerk, claiming that three members of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee broke the law. The complaint, filed Sept. [...]
Zoning Revisions Committee chairman quits amidst power struggle with Chamber of Commerce over the future of King Street and the zoning review process itself. The committee meets at 7 p.m. tonight at the Bluebonnet Diner. NORTHAMPTON — Urban planner and land-use attorney Joel Russell abruptly resigned last week from the city’s Zoning Revisions Committee (ZRC), [...]
Councilor Angela Plassmann blames “human error” for her use of City Council letterhead when publishing DA endorsement on her website. NORTHAMPTON – The letter that Ward 3 City Councilor Angela Plassmann sent to her constituents last week looked as official as a communication could get. Constituents who had signed up on Plassmann’s website received [...]
But the ruling says drug laws are not the jurisdiction of the City Council’s Social Services and Veterans Affairs Committee NORTHAMPTON – The Northwestern District Attorney has ruled that two city councilors did not violate the state Open Meeting Law when they met the police chief June 22 to discuss a proposed ordinance to fine [...]
Resignation comes despite best advice from State Ethics Commission NORTHAMPTON – Ward 3 City Councilor Angela Plassmann has quit her position as member of the Ward 3 Neighborhood Association, saying her action would avoid future potential conflicts of interest. In a July 7 letter to the group, Plassmann – who was a non-voting member of [...]
NORTHAMPTON – It was supposed to be meeting between two people, Police Chief Russell P. Sienkiewicz and Ward 3 City Councilor Angela D. Plassmann, to discuss a proposed ordinance the councilor hoped would tighten enforcement of marijuana use in the city. Councilor Plassmann had requested the meeting, which took place on Tuesday afternoon, June 22, [...]
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