Governor’s recent Executive Order extends Cities/Towns ability to hold meetings via teleconferencing or videoconferencing

On Friday, July 10, Governor Stitt Amended Executive Order 2020-20. This action extends the Executive Order an additional thirty days, and in doing so extends Senate Bill 661, which provides that public bodies can hold meetings via teleconferencing or videoconferencing. SB 661 was passed by the House and Senate and signed by the Governor during the past legislative session. 

Although the bill states that the law is in effect until November 15, 2020, there is a provision that a state of emergency must be in place as well. Therefore, since the state of emergency is still in place, cities and towns can, for now, continue to hold their public meetings via teleconferencing and videoconferencing.

OML is including a copy of a previous communication for your review that goes over the policies and procedures of conducting a tele-meeting.