CCM Workshop: Municipal Meetings: Understanding Parliamentary Procedure

Workshop:

Municipal Meetings: Understanding Parliamentary Procedure

February 20, 2010
East Hartford, CT
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Registration 9:00 a.m.

DESCRIPTION

This workshop will help bring order to your public meetings.

Learn keys to successful meetings:

Legal requirements
8 Steps to Motions
Roberts Rules of Order
Managing debate
Practical steps to meeting management

Be certain all elected and appointed officials know the nuts & bolts of effective public meetings.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES Effective Meetings

Overview of legal requirements for public meetings
How to write an agenda
Role of the presiding officer
Audience of citizens
How to properly call a meeting to order
Conducting the meeting and managing the agenda
Tips for maintaining order and public decorum

Robert’s Rules of Order

The easy, logical, and practical way to run a meeting
Making motions and amendments, and how to consider actions
Rules for Debate
Definition of parliamentary terms

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Mayors/First Selectmen
Town/City Managers
Board, Commission, and Committee Members
Town Clerks
Anyone interested in Parliamentary Procedure

PRESENTERS Duncan Forsyth, Esq.; Halloran & Sage, LLP Duncan Forsyth represents both public and private sector clients in litigation matters primarily in the areas of environmental and land use, labor and employment, wrongful termination, contract and interference with contract litigation, wrongful denial of development permits. He regularly appears in state and federal trial and appellate courts as well as before numerous administrative agencies such as CHRO and FOIA.

Thomas P. O’Dea, Esq., Halloran & Sage, LLP.

Tom O’Dea has represented and counseled individuals, partnerships, corporations and municipalities in various litigation issues and has extensive trial experience in both federal and state courts. From July of 1995 through December 2004, Mr. O'Dea served as a member of the Police Officers Standards and Training Council, which is responsible for overseeing and monitoring all municipal police training and certification. WHERE East Hartford Community Cultural Center
50 Chapman Place
East Hartford, CT 0610 COST per attendee CCM Member Town/City: NO CHARGE, Non-Member: $120

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DIRECTIONS

From I-84 East:

Take the Governor Street Exit (#56). At the end, take a right onto Governor Street. Go to the first stop light and take a left onto Prospect Street. At first stop sign, take a right onto Richard Road. The EHCCC is on the left at the end of the street (Across from the Town Green).

From I-84 West:

Take the Governor Street Exit (#56). At the end, take a right onto Governor Street.Go to the first stop light and take a left onto Prospect Street. At first stop sign, take a right onto Richard Road. The EHCCC is on the left at the end of the street (Across from the Town Green).

From Rte 2 West:

Go to the end of Route 2-East Hartford. At the end, bear right onto Governor Street. At light, take a left onto Prospect Street. At Stop sign, take a right onto Richard Road. The EHCCC is at the end on the left.

From I-91 South:

When approaching the Hartford area, watch for East Hartford Exit. It is a left hand exit, so stay in the left lane. The exit is an extremely sharp loop! At the end of the exit ramp, enter onto I-84 on the Bulkeley Bridge. Stay in the right lane. Take the Connecticut Boulevard Exit. Stay to the left going onto Connecticut Boulevard. Go to the end. At the light, take a left onto Main Street. At the fourth traffic light (look for Dunkin Donuts), take a left onto Chapman Street. The EHCCC is at the end (on Chapman Place).

From I-91 North:

When approaching the Hartford area, watch for Route 5 & 15 (Exit 29-Charter Oak Bridge). Go to Exit 90 (Route 5 North-Main Street Exit). At the end, take a left onto Main Street. Go up Main Street for nine lights. (Watch for Dunkin Donuts on right). Across from Dunkin Donuts is Chapman Street. The EHCCC is at the end (on Chapman Place).

From Route 5 North:

Drive south from South Windsor on Route 5 (John Fitch Boulevard). When it enters East Hartford, it becomes Ellington Road, and after the third traffic light it becomes Main Street, East Hartford. After going under the railroad overpass, watch for Triple A Diner on the right. Chapman Street is the third street on the right (look for Dunkin Donuts on left), after passing the diner.The EHCCC is at the end (on Chapman Place).

Possible Detour Directions off Exit 56:

At the end, take a right onto Governor Street. If when you come to the light you may not turn left, go straight. Take 3rd left onto Robbin Terrace. Community Center will be in front of you. Parking either in lot or park on right.

Connecticut Conference of Municipalities
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New Haven, CT 06510
Phone: (203) 498-3000
Fax: (203) 562-6314