It is recommended that the PTA minutes include the following: Name of PTA. Kind of meeting (executive, finance, special committee, general, etc.) Date, time, place of meeting. Name of person conducting and those taking partĹ’ Attendance - The minutes should note who was present and if a quorum was present.
They are legally required to include these details: Date, time, and location of the meeting. Record of notice of board meeting provision and acknowledgment. Names of attendees and absentees, including guests. Approval of previous meeting minutes.
The law states that a meeting is a gathering of a quorum of the members of a public body, either in person or through electronic methods, with the intention of discussing or deciding on public policy. The law requires that all meetings must be open to the public, unless exempted under executive sessions.
An ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, contract, or appointment may not be approved at a closed meeting. A public body may not take a vote in a closed meeting, except for a vote on a motion to end the closed portion of the meeting and return to an open meeting.
Upon finding a violation of the Open Meeting Law, the Attorney General may impose a civil penalty upon a public body of not more than $1,000 for each intentional violation.
A motor vehicle on a highway may not have more than a total of four lamps lighted on the front of the vehicle including head lamps, auxiliary lamps, spot lamps, or any other lamp if the lamp projects a beam of an intensity greater than 300 candlepower.
A public body is required to provide public notice of a meeting at least 24 hours before the meeting.