Having served on a local Board as Secretary, VP, and finally President, I can tell you that Minutes are never meant to be an exhaustive detailed account of everything that was said. The key is for them to be as brief as possible, while still capturing the subject matter accurately. All members were given proposed past Minutes in advance of new meetings so they could make suggestions. Then at the meeting those amendments could be voted on quickly. If any Board followed what Council Member Smith did, the entire meeting would be taken up with the Minutes. On her very first example from page 2 (of 8) she read a long statement that she wanted in the Minutes. Imagine letting her do that for eight pages. Nope.

there should NEVER be a 'closed session on ANYTHING public!!!!

@jdisom

5 жыл бұрын

It should be justified....but used very rarely...

@JimCTSCLO

3 жыл бұрын

The reason for closed sessions are based on laws that your city, county, and state governments pass which require closed sessions to discuss these matters. If you do not want closed sessions, change the laws and stop blaming the boards, councils and whom/whatever.

@kirbygene

3 жыл бұрын

You must have never served on a Board. There are extremely good reasons to have executive sessions. There has to be a mechanism where you can discuss specific things in a way that doesn't open you up to lawsuits. Do you really want a Board to discuss a staff member by name who is suspected of theft? That's just one of several reasons.

@forthefunofit3230

3 жыл бұрын

@@kirbygene there should be NO closed sessions!...let ALL reasons be known---PERIOD!!!

@JimCTSCLO

3 жыл бұрын

@@forthefunofit3230 Instead of yelling with no solutions, how about offering one up. Laws, MOUs, et. al dictate what you can and cannot discuss in open sessions. If you do not like it, then start a movement to change the law. Tantrums solve nothing.

I knew this was in MN i can tell by the accent

see we missed the way to clear issue

How would you like to go home to that everyday?

She isn't as smart as she thought.

@biffalobull2335

4 жыл бұрын

By half

@bradnix3000

Жыл бұрын

Stfu these are corrupt, pompous bueracrats! She's correct!

Her hair is a horror show.

@lordvengerx

5 жыл бұрын

😂 HEY GUUUUUUURRRRRRLLLLLL!!!! lol

@airops9825

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you're a real peach yourself.

This looks like it’s from the 1990’s not 2014….

@dinahwhite3929

3 ай бұрын

cheapskate republicans!

didn't see a fight just a discussion - - another click bait label

hmm i think you might find that's called doctoring official documents no matter how he looks at it and its better verbatim as who is he to say what can and can't go into meeting notes ? as its a group of people and that's why it's verbatim, wow a lot of assumptions going on here

@concernedresident8962

7 жыл бұрын

Catherine Halliday thanks for your thoughts... No one doctored anything. Thankfully Anne is stepping down and not running again.

@timholt7153

6 жыл бұрын

I thought that the woman kicked ass and was totally correct with her every assertion. Did you see something that I didn't?

@mitcholla

5 жыл бұрын

Catherine Halliday hahahahahahahahahaha