[MassHistPres] legal decision making

[Dennis De Witt]

I think the question was could the vote be taken on paper in an open meeting and tallied and announced by the chair.  One’s instinct is that it cannot but I couldn’t immediately find a citation and I’m not sure the quote below covers that point.

Dennis De Witt

Brookline


On Jan 6, 2015, at 9:44 AM, Tom Keyes <tkeyes at capecod.net> wrote:

> Preservation Commissions, Historic Commissions, Planning Boards, or any other Board or Committee in a municipality, whether elected or appointed, must follow the open meeting laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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> All votes must be taken in a regularly scheduled public meeting.
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> This is done to ensure an open and honest process and allow for accountability to the individual with authority.
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> From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu [mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Marcia Starkey
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> Hello,
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> When a preservation commission must vote on a decision in the presence of an involved party, are there professional practices it could follow? Can the vote be written rather than verbal ?
> Does anyone have a rule or regulation that addresses this point?
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> Marcia Starkey, Greenfield
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