Remote participation for all meetings of all local public bodies
in the City of Haverhill shall be subject to the authorization of
the Mayor. The Mayor's authorization shall be in writing and filed
with the City Clerk. All such remote participation shall be conducted
in accordance with the requirements of the Attorney General's Regulations,
940 CMR 29.00, and this article. Should any provision of this article
conflict with the Attorney General's Regulations, said regulations
shall take precedence over the provisions of this article. The Mayor
may revoke adoption of remote participation by filing a written notice
of revocation with the City Clerk.
If remote participation has been adopted by the Mayor, a member
of a public body shall be permitted to participate remotely in a meeting,
in accordance with the procedures described below, if the chair or,
in the chair's absence, the person chairing the meeting, determines
that one or more of the following factors makes the member's physical
attendance unreasonably difficult:
In case any section, paragraph or part of this article is for
any reason declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court, every
other section, paragraph, and part shall continue in full force and
effect.