The Henderson City Council’s Legislative Committee will meet today at 11:00 a.m. in council chambers at City Hall.
An email notification from City Clerk Dianne White stated that City Manager Ed Wyatt “realizes that this is only 24 hour notice”.
According to a document entitled Open Meetings Law distributed by City Attorney Billy Strickland at a city council work session, “Notice of the time and place of a special meeting must be posted at least 48 hours in advance either on the town’s principal bulletin board (if any), or the door of the council’s usual meeting place. In addition, the notice must be mailed or delivered to anyone who has filed a request with the clerk to receive such notices.”
According to the document, an emergency meeting can be called upon six hours notice “just to council members”, but only in a “true emergency involving ‘generally unexpected circumstances’ which require ‘immediate consideration.’ Such a situation would be very rare, such as a natural disaster.”
In order for remedies to be affected, a suit must be filed alleging a violation. The suit can be filed by any person. The court, upon concluding that a violation has taken place, can declare a violation has occurred, issue an injunction against further violations, nullify action taken at the illegal meeting, award attorney’s fees to the prevailing party, or any combination of the former.
The Legislative Committee, whose members consist of Henderson Mayor Pete O’Geary, Bernard Alston, Lonnie Davie, Mike Inscoe, and is chaired by Garry Daeke, has not published a regular meeting schedule. Therefore, today’s meeting qualifies as a special called meeting.
No agenda was provided for today’s meeting.