[Res. 4-2016, 6/7/2016]
Act 43 of 2012 amended the Borough Code (Act 581-1966) and also
amended 53 P.S. § 46001, Section 1001 of the Borough Code,
to allow a Council member's participation in a Council meeting by
telecommunication device.
[Res. 4-2016, 6/7/2016]
Council has discretionary powers to adopt a policy to authorize
a Council member to participate by telecommunication device by speakerphone
or computer terminals after a physical quorum has been established
in (without the official participating on the device) at the meeting
place.
[Res. 4-2016, 6/7/2016]
The Council and the public shall be able to hear the comments
and the votes of the Council member participating by telecommunication
device.
[Res. 4-2016, 6/7/2016]
Council may only authorize participation by telecommunication
device for one or more of the following reasons: illness or disability
of the Council member; care of the ill or newborn in the member's
immediate family; an emergency; and family or business travel.
