There will be no Scottsboro City Council Work Session tonight due to the Christmas Parade this evening on the square. Next Monday there will be a work session prior to the regular City Council Meeting.
>Last Monday, November 30, the City Council continued the council meeting from the week before. Although the meeting was announced in the local news papers there was no required posting on the "place of notice" in the foyer Bulletin Board of City Hall.
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The Code of Alabama, 36-25A-3 ( http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/coatoc.htm ) requires all meetings to be posted, regular, work sessions, special call or meeting continuations, there are no exceptions as some City Officials have indicated. Unfortunately this is not the first time a failure to post meetings on the required notice space has occurred. The law states: "(3) A municipal governmental body shall post notice of each meeting on a bulletin board at a place convenient to the public in the city hall, provided, however, that a corporation a majority of whose governing board is appointed or elected by a municipality and that has a principal office separate from the city hall may, in lieu of posting notice in the city hall, post notice of each meeting on a bulletin board at a place convenient to the public in the principal office of the corporation or other instrumentality." You will notice in this direct quote there is no exception for a "meeting continuation." A bad excuse is no excuse and gives the appearance of deceitful government. Please insure that all meeting notices are posted properly.
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Good Governance, accountability and open government. http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/human-rights-facts-53-good-governance/
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