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MANDATORY TRAINING SEMINAR
HOSTED BY TOWN COUNSEL
Conflict of Interest and Open Meeting Law
 

 
TO: All elected or appointed members of Town Boards, Commissions and Committees*, elected or appointed after September 26, 2006.**

 

   
Please be advised that in May 2006 Town Meeting adopted Article 3.20 of the General By-Laws. Article 3.20 requires Town Counsel to host a mandatory training seminar covering the requirements of the State’s Conflict of Interest Law and the Open Meeting Law. All elected or appointed officials, elected or appointed after September 26, 2006 must attend this seminar. Officials unable to attend should contact Town Counsel to make other arrangements. A copy of the by-law can be obtained at the Town Clerk’s Office or on-line at http://www.townofbrooklinemass.com/Legal/bylaws.html  (Refer to Article 3.20).

 

SEMINAR DETAILS:
 
DATE and TIME: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
6:00 p.m.

 

LOCATION: Selectmen’s Hearing Room
Town Hall, 6th Floor
333 Washington Street
Brookline, MA

 

TOPICS: Conflict of Interest Law
Open Meeting Law

 

GUEST SPEAKERS: Carol Carson, Chief of the Communications and Education Division of the State Ethics Commission

Tracy Cusick, Assistant District Attorney
Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office

 

   


Please call the Office of Town Counsel 617-730-2190 to reserve your seat.

*This by-law does not apply to School Committee members.
**This Seminar is open to members of the public.