07. Red River Regional Dispatch Center Joint Powers Agreement review

15 Version Oct 13, 2022 be called at the request of the Governing Body of a Member Entity, who must identify the business matters to be discussed at such special meeting. (d) Emergency Meetings. In accordance with applicable law, an emergency meeting may be called by the RRRDC Authority Board due to circumstances that in the judgment of the Chair and/or Vice Chair require immediate RRRDC Authority Board consideration. Prior to calling an emergency meeting, the RRRDC Authority Board shall contact appropriate media. (e) Meeting Location. RRRDC Authority Board meetings will be held at a location to be determined, from time to time, by the RRRDC Authority Board. (f) Parliamentary Rules. All meetings of the RRRDC Authority Board shall comply with parliamentary rules and procedures outlined in the most recent edition of ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER for small boards, except to the extent those rules are inconsistent with any rules adopted by the RRRDC Authority Board or are inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement or applicable North Dakota law. (g) Notice of Meetings to Alternate Board Members. Each RRRDC Authority Board Member Alternate, whether or not a voting member, shall be entitled to receive notices of and attend all meetings of the RRRDC Authority Board to receive all reports, and to participate in RRRDC Authority Board discussions in the same manner as the RRRDC Authority Board Members. Provided, however, that a RRRDC Authority Board Member Alternate will not be seated unless the Member Entity’s appointed RRRDC Authority Board Member is unable to attend the meeting and, during closed sessions of the RRRDC Authority Board, the meeting shall be attended only by the Chair and RRRDC Authority Board Members or seated RRRDC Authority Board Member Alternates. (h) Executive Sessions. The RRRDC Authority Board may hold an executive session to consider or discuss confidential records or other matters as authorized by Chapter 44-04 of the N.D.C.C. RRRDC Authority Board Members may be excluded from an executive session in the event that the Member Entity or organization from which they are appointed is an adverse party to the Red River Regional Dispatch Center Authority in ongoing or pending litigation, which is the subject of the executive session and/or the RRRDC Authority Board Member has disclosed a conflict of interest pursuant to Section 5.10 of this Agreement that is relevant to or related to the subject of the executive session. Section 5.12 OPEN MEETING LAW. All meetings of the Red River Regional Dispatch Center Authority shall be held in compliance the North Dakota Open Meetings Law. The Minnesota Member Entities shall, to the extent required by the Minnesota Open Meeting Law, publish all notices and conduct all meetings held by a Minnesota Member Entity concerning the Dispatch Center, in accordance with the Minnesota Open Meeting Law.