City commission adopts phone attendance provision

Kevin Wilson The Clovis City Commission, anticipating a costly failure to make quorum at its Thursday meeting, adopted a provision allowing commissioners to join meetings by telephone. After debate on the language of the expansion to the open meetings act, the commission approved the resolution in a 7-0 vote. The commission has a regular meeting […]

City will meet about quorum resolution

CNJ staff The Clovis City Commission is conducting a special meeting 5:15 p.m. Tuesday at the City Hall assembly room to guarantee a quorum for regular meeting Thursday. The meeting has one agenda item — a resolution allowing city commissioners to join a meeting by conference telephone. Four commissioners, and Mayor Gayla Brumfield, will be […]

Commission met under ‘rolling quorum’

CNJ staff Curry County commissioners probably didn’t violate any rules by voting on issues without a majority of commissioners present on Tuesday, officials said. When the meeting began, Frank Blackburn, Robert Sandoval and Caleb Chandler — three of the five county commissioners — were present. But Chandler was soon called away for a family emergency, […]

State school board association to meet in Clovis

CNJ staff The New Mexico School Board Association spring 2010 Region V meeting will be held Monday in Clovis, according to a news release. The meeting will be 5:30 p.m. at the Clovis High School Freshman Academy. A majority or quorum of the Clovis Municipal Schools’ board of education may be present.