Case File 26-0642
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Request to excuse absent Mass Transit Board Members.
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Obtain transit board bylaws on attendance and quorum rules
Why now: Excusal requests for absent members appeared as official items at both the 2026-06-09 and 2026-06-23 board meetings, yet no governing attendance or quorum authority appears anywhere in the file.
What to do: Request the Mass Transit Department Board's enabling ordinance and bylaws to determine what attendance threshold, if any, applies to members and whether repeated excused absences affect a member's seat or the validity of actions taken. If back-to-back absences continue and the governing text sets a limit, actions approved at those meetings could be open to question later, and reconstructing attendance after the fact is harder.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask which transit board members missed two June meetings
Why now: The same agenda item, a request to excuse absent Mass Transit Board Members, appeared at two consecutive meetings on 2026-06-09 and 2026-06-23, but the record names no members and reports no vote.
What to do: Request the meeting minutes, roll-call attendance sheets and the text of the excusal motions for the June 9 and June 23, 2026 Mass Transit Department Board meetings, and identify which members were absent both times and whether a quorum existed for any substantive votes taken those days. Without the roll call, the record shows only that absences were excused — not who was missing or what business proceeded short-handed.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
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Request to excuse absent Mass Transit Board Members.
Request to excuse absent Mass Transit Board Members.