[Adopted 6-5-1974 as §§ 2-22 and 2-23
of the 1974 Code]
A.
The meetings of all administrative and executive boards,
commissions, agencies, bureaus, committees and other bodies of the
Town shall be open to the public. Such meetings shall be closed to
the public when in executive session when so voted by a majority of
the members of such body present and voting. The votes of each member
of any such body upon any issue before such body shall be reduced
to writing and made available for public inspection within 48 hours,
excluding any Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, and shall also be
recorded in the minutes of the session at which taken, which minutes
shall be available for public inspection at all reasonable times.
B.
The chairman or secretary of each administrative and
executive board, commission, agency, bureau, committee or other body
of the Town shall file, not later than January 31 of each year, in
the office of the Town Clerk, the schedule of the regular meetings
of such body for the ensuing year, and no such meeting of any such
body shall be held sooner than 30 days after such schedule has been
filed.
C.
Notice of any special meeting of any such body shall
be given not less than 24 hours prior to the time of such meeting
by posting a notice of the time and place of such meeting in the office
of the Town Clerk; provided, however, that in case of emergency any
such special meeting may be held without complying with the foregoing
requirement for the posting of notice, but a copy of the minutes of
any such special meeting adequately setting forth the nature of the
emergency and the proceedings occurring at such meeting shall be filed
with the Town Clerk not later than 72 hours following the holding
of such meeting.
A.
At any meeting of an administrative or executive board, commission, agency, committee or other similar body of the Town which is open to the public, pursuant to the provisions of § 19-1, proceedings of such body may be broadcast or recorded for broadcast, subject to such rules as such body may have prescribed prior to such meeting, by any radio broadcasting company located or having transmission facilities within the state and by television cameras of any television broadcasting company located or having transmission facilities within the state. Such facilities may be so located within the room as to permit the broadcasting either by radio or television, or by both, of the proceedings of such body. The broadcaster and its personnel shall be required to handle the broadcast as inconspicuously as possible and in such a manner as not to disturb the proceedings of the body.
B.
Any administrative or executive board, commission, agency, committee or other similar body may adopt rules governing the use of such broadcasting equipment for radio and television stations, but in the absence of the adoption of such rules and regulations by such body prior to the meeting the use of such radio and television equipment shall be permitted as provided in Subsection A.
C.
Whenever there is a violation or the probability of a violation of Subsections A and B of this section, the Superior Court, or a Judge thereof, for the judicial district in which such meeting is taking place, shall, upon application made by affidavit that such violation is taking place or that there is reasonable probability that such violation will take place, issue a temporary injunction against any such violation without notice to the adverse party to show cause why such injunction should not be granted and without the plaintiffs giving bond. Any person or body so enjoined may immediately appear and be heard by the Court or Judge granting such injunction with regard to dissolving or modifying the same, and after hearing the parties and upon a determination that such meeting is not open to the public said Court or Judge may dissolve or modify the injunction. Any action taken by a Judge upon any such application shall be immediately certified to the Court to which such proceedings are returnable.
[Amended 3-17-2010]
