TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Linda A. Nemeroff, Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary
SUBJECT: Board Policy 101
ACTION ITEM
AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider approving amendments to Article 5 (Meetings, Agendas) of Board Policy 101 - Board of Directors.
Staff Contact:
Linda A. Nemeroff, Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary
Aimee L. Steele, General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
There is no strategic importance associated with this report.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no budgetary or fiscal impact associated with this report.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
Board Policy 101 sets forth the Board's administrative rules and procedures and the policy is regularly updated to reflect changes in the law and the needs of the Board. Because Board Policy 101 is extensive and can be difficult to digest, staff plans to bring amendments to the Board over the course of several meetings. A summary of amendments to Article 5 is as follows:
Article 5- Meetings, General
Section 5.3 - Additions to Agenda After Posting. This section was amended to reflect that under the Brown Act, items cannot be added to a special meeting agenda after the agenda is posted.
Section 5.5 Placement of Items on the Agenda
Subsection 2.a. - Requests by Boardmembers (Agenda Planning) was amended to clarify that Agenda Planning Requests from Boardmembers are intended for open session items only. Closed Session matters shall follow the procedures outlined in Article 6 which is planned to come before the Board in December. Language was also added to clarify that joint Agenda Planning Requests made by more than one Boardmember will be counted against the limit of the first Boardmember named on the request form.
In addition, Board leadership, in consultation with the Board's governance consultant, recommend that the policy be amended to require four affirmative votes of the Board to pass an Agenda P...
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