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14-116-308. Meetings.
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14-116-308. Meetings.
(a) Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held quarterly in the office of the district on the day selected by the board.
(b) Notice of the meeting shall be mailed to each director at least five (5) days prior to the date of the meeting. Special meetings may be held at any time upon waiver of notice of the meeting by all directors or may be called by the president or by any two (2) directors at any time, provided that notice in writing signed by the persons calling any special meeting is mailed to each director at least five (5) days prior to the time fixed for a special meeting.
(c)(1) A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(2) In the absence of any of the duly elected officers of the district, a quorum at any meeting may select a director to act as officer pro tem.
(d)(1) Each meeting of the board, whether regular or special, shall be open to the public.
(2) However, the board may conduct meetings in executive session as permitted under § 25-19-106.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-116-308
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14-116-308. Meetings.
(a) Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held quarterly in the office of the district on the day selected by the board.
(b) Notice of the meeting shall be mailed to each director at least five (5) days prior to the date of the meeting. Special meetings may be held at any time upon waiver of notice of the meeting by all directors or may be called by the president or by any two (2) directors at any time, provided that notice in writing signed by the persons calling any special meeting is mailed to each director at least five (5) days prior to the time fixed for a special meeting.
(c)(1) A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(2) In the absence of any of the duly elected officers of the district, a quorum at any meeting may select a director to act as officer pro tem.
(d)(1) Each meeting of the board, whether regular or special, shall be open to the public.
(2) However, the board may conduct meetings in executive session as permitted under § 25-19-106.
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25-19-106. Open public meetings. [Effective until emergency ends or December 31, 2020.]
(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all meetings, formal or informal, special or regular, of the governing bodies of all municipalities, counties, townships, and school districts and all boards, bureaus, commissions, or organizations of the State of Arkansas, except grand juries, supported wholly or in part by public funds or expending public funds, shall be public meetings.
(b)(1) The time and place of each regular meeting shall be furnished to anyone who requests the information.
(2) In the event of emergency or special meetings, the person calling the meeting shall notify the representatives of the newspapers, radio stations, and television stations, if any, located in the county in which the meeting is to be held and any news media located elsewhere that cover regular meetings of the governing body and that have requested to be so notified of emergency or special meetings of the time, place, and date of the meeting. Notification shall be made at least two (2) hours before the meeting takes place in order that the public shall have representatives at the meeting.
(c)(1)(A) Except as provided under subdivision (c)(6) of this section, an executive session will be permitted only for the purpose of considering employment, appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining, or resignation of any public officer or employee.
(B) The specific purpose of the executive session shall be announced in public before going into executive session.
(2)(A) Only the person holding the top administrative position in the public agency, department, or office involved, the immediate supervisor of the employee involved, and the employee may be present at the executive session wh
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-19-106
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
25-19-106. Open public meetings. [Effective when emergency ends or on December 31, 2020.]
(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all meetings, formal or informal, special or regular, of the governing bodies of all municipalities, counties, townships, and school districts and all boards, bureaus, commissions, or organizations of the State of Arkansas, except grand juries, supported wholly or in part by public funds or expending public funds, shall be public meetings.
(b)(1) The time and place of each regular meeting shall be furnished to anyone who requests the information.
(2) In the event of emergency or special meetings, the person calling the meeting shall notify the representatives of the newspapers, radio stations, and television stations, if any, located in the county in which the meeting is to be held and any news media located elsewhere that cover regular meetings of the governing body and that have requested to be so notified of emergency or special meetings of the time, place, and date of the meeting. Notification shall be made at least two (2) hours before the meeting takes place in order that the public shall have representatives at the meeting.
(c)(1)(A) Except as provided under subdivision (c)(6) of this section, an executive session will be permitted only for the purpose of considering employment, appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining, or resignation of any public officer or employee.
(B) The specific purpose of the executive session shall be announced in public before going into executive session.
(2)(A) Only the person holding the top administrative position in the public agency, department, or office involved, the immediate supervisor of the employee involved, and the employee may be present at the executive session
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-19-106
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 25-19-106. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.