Texas
Our town is in turmoil ... 2 rival factions duking it out for control. One councilman directed the city manager to remove some no parking signs - only in one area where the councilman is siding with a local business. The other signs up and down the street were not removed. A citizen questioned what gave the councilman the authority to have the signs removed. She said no one could produce the traffic study that others said had been done. Citizen says, so you took it upon yourself to have the signs removed without consulting anyone else? She said she had met with 2 other council members and they agreed with her so she went to the city manager and had them removed. Citizen says isn't that a violation of the Open Meeting Act and she says no, I didn't meet with them, I just talked to them on the phone. One at a time. She did not attempt to contact the other council members.
Is this a violation of the open meeting act or would all of them have had to be present at one time to constitute a violation?
Our town is in turmoil ... 2 rival factions duking it out for control. One councilman directed the city manager to remove some no parking signs - only in one area where the councilman is siding with a local business. The other signs up and down the street were not removed. A citizen questioned what gave the councilman the authority to have the signs removed. She said no one could produce the traffic study that others said had been done. Citizen says, so you took it upon yourself to have the signs removed without consulting anyone else? She said she had met with 2 other council members and they agreed with her so she went to the city manager and had them removed. Citizen says isn't that a violation of the Open Meeting Act and she says no, I didn't meet with them, I just talked to them on the phone. One at a time. She did not attempt to contact the other council members.
Is this a violation of the open meeting act or would all of them have had to be present at one time to constitute a violation?
