CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FIFTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-22-20 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Klarissa J. Pe?a, by request
RESOLUTION
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Staying The Enforcement Of ? 2-6-1-4 (B)(1) & (5) And Creating A Working Group To Study The Effects Of Remote Meetings Of Public Boards, Commissions, And Committees (Pe?a, by request)
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STAYING THE ENFORCEMENT OF ? 2-6-1-4 (B)(1) & (5) AND CREATING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF REMOTE MEETINGS OF PUBLIC BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES.
WHEREAS, in 2020 during the public health crisis, an emergency declaration allowed public boards, commissions and committees to hold meetings remotely; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 2, Article 6, Part 1 of the City Code requires meetings of any public board, commission or committee to be held in public and in a city facility, and that a quorum of a public body be physically present; and
WHEREAS, in the absence of an emergency declaration, public boards, commissions and committees have expressed an interest in the continued flexibility remote meetings have provided; and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes there are benefits to both remote and in person meetings of public boards, commissions and committees; and
WHEREAS, the City would benefit from a study related to the use of ongoing remote meeting for public boards, commissions and committees.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
Section 1. Enforcement of ? 2-6-1-4 (B)(1) & (5), that meetings be "...held in a city-owned facility" and that a "...quorum of the public board, commission or committee is physically present at the meeting.", are stayed until the conclusion of the study by the Boards and Commissions working group.
Section 2. That a Boards and Commissions working group shall be formed to study the effects of remote meetings of public boards, commissions and committees. Such working group shall prepare a s...
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