Committee Report: Rules & Ordinance (Paper #46-19 Order: That the Malden City Council Rules be amended as follows: By adding Section 4.03 & 4.04 to Section 400. Section 4.03 The City Clerk shall distribute all executive session meeting minutes to all members who attended the executive session within 10 calendar days of the date the meeting was held. Council members shall provide the Clerk with any feedback or objections to any materials contained within the minutes within 10 business days of receipt. If no feedback is received, the approval of those minutes will be docketed in the next scheduled council meeting for the purpose of approval. Section 4.04 The City Clerk will schedule an executive session meeting within 14 days upon receipt of a request for the release of minutes from an executive session meeting to determine if Open Meeting Laws warrant continued non-disclosure under G.L. c 30A. Additionally, the City Clerk shall schedule an executive session of the Malden City Council during the last weeks of April and October of each year for the purpose of determining if the Open Meeting Law warrants continued non-disclosure under G.L. c 30A of meeting minutes that have not previously been released. The Council will vote on the release of any minutes that no longer warrant exemption from the Open Meeting Laws.

Committee

Rules & Ordinance Committee

Introduced

March 7, 2019

On agenda

March 12, 2019