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Learn the basics of the Open Meetings Act (OMA) including notice timing, public participation rules, and consequences for violations. Discover the importance of accountability, transparency, and responsibility in public meetings. Know the guidelines for posting notices, conducting meetings, and ensuring compliance to OMA regulations. Ensure your team understands the rules to avoid unintentional violations.
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MACDCIntercounty Drain Procedures Training Open Meetings Act Lizzie Mills Fahey Schultz Burzych Rhodes PLC February 15, 2017 macdc.us
Why the Open Meetings Act? • Accountability • Transparency • Responsibility macdc.us
The Basics All decisions of the drainage board must be made during a properly noticed public meeting macdc.us
What Makes a Meeting? A Quorum • Physical Presence At A Meeting? • Socializing? • Electronic Communication? macdc.us
Beware the Unintentional Meeting • Traps for the Unwary • Electronic Communications • Reply All • Round Robin macdc.us
Advisory Committees and OMA macdc.us
Posting Notice Determine time, date, and location for the meeting macdc.us
Notice Timing • Special Meetings • At least 18 hours before the meeting • Regular Meetings • For regular meetings set on annual basis: post within 10 days of the first meeting of the year • For changes to schedule: post within 3 days of the meeting at which change is made macdc.us
Meeting Location • Available to the general public macdc.us
Public Participation and Removal • Rules for Participation • Time Limits • Speaker Cards • Microphones, Recordings, & TV (Oh, my!) • Removing a member of the public macdc.us
Closed Session Meetings macdc.us
Minutes • Content • Approval • Availability • Special note on closed session minutes macdc.us
Joint Meetings • Occasionally, the intercounty drainage board may have a need to meet concurrently with other public bodies. • Notice • Decision Making • Minutes macdc.us
Consequences for Violating Oma macdc.us
Questions? Helen Lizzie Mills Fahey Schultz Burzych Rhodes PLC 4151 Okemos Road, Okemos, MI 48864 Email: hmills@fsbrlaw.com Tel: (517)381-0100 Website: www.fsbrlaw.com macdc.us
