Tuesday, June 12, 2007

City Attorney: Committee must obey 'sunshine laws' if exercising oversight authority

Before Wednesday's meeting, the City Attorney for Council Affairs advised Chairman Carter that he must comply with the Open Meetings Act if his committee chooses to perform the functions laid out in the Mayor's Executive Order.

His response? He is asking the Mayor to re-write her order, using language that will allow the Committee to circumvent operate without triggering the law.

In the meantime, the Park Department is following the Executive Order as written. Once again, Mike Perkins presented the committee his tree maintenance plans, and once again the committee chose not to look at them.

So the Park Department, following the Mayor's order, is unable to do any routine tree maintenance. Not good.
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2 comments:

webworm said...

The Wall Street Journal of Saturday, 23 June, has an interesting article about trees and urban areas. It can be found on page A8; Loss Of Trees Compounds Pollution Problems In Cities, and should be required reading for those "technicians" at City Hall/

June 23, 2007 at 12:05 PM
Anonymous said...

How about adopting a "Tree Registry" where you can list your older tree as an asset to your neighborhood and city.

Trees are so important to a healthy and clean environment. Let's honor them!

July 14, 2007 at 2:45 PM

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