From: Richard Horner
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2016 9:23 AM
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Subject: RE: Selectboard Meeting Email Alerts
I
do not want to prolong this debate since the new town manager will be starting
in 10 days. I am aware of constant contact and I do know how to use it. The
original purpose of constant contact was to inform people of special events,
press releases and other information which distribution of is not covered by
statute. By statute I am required to post legal notices in 3 places in town and
post the notices on the town website which I do. The town attorney has always
advised that the town should not go beyond what is required by statute because
it can lead to charges of discrimination because some people get the legal
notice and others may not get the notices. By following statute everyone is
treated equally with equal access to the legal notices.
Richard
L. Horner
Killington
Town Planner
Zoning
Administrator
Interim
Town Manager
2706
River Road
Dick@town.killington.vt.us
802-422-3242
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Dick,
This is to confirm our conversation of today regarding email alerts for the
Select Board meetings. Your understanding of the legality of public notices is
based upon relatively strict legal guidelines in your capacity as Town Planner
and Zoning administrator. You did acknowledge that a Town Manager has much
greater leeway in the way information is disseminated because a Town Manager has
to manage not only municipal functions but also community relations.
Based on that premise you came around to the idea that reinstating the
email alerts is in fact beneficial and you will work with Amy Morrison to keep
the townspeople informed of the scheduled Select Board meetings.
We agreed that going forward the town will be posting the alerts via the
Constant Contact software platform.
I thank you for your time, patience and effort in getting this matter
resolved.
Sincerely,
Vito
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