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Topics & Speakers
Open Meetings Act UpdateSteve Mann—Legal update on recent amendments and significant rulings.
Freedom of Information Act UpdateCarlito Young & Tom Kent—Legal update on recent significant rulings and tips regarding exemptions and redactions specific to body camera footage.
Medical Marijuana UpdateDenise Pollicella, Dan Grow, & Mike Fisher—Discussion of recent amendments to statute; impact on municipal and industry standards and issues from both perspectives including crafting of model ordinances and what to do with previously enacted ordinances.
Wireless Antennas & Poles in Our Rights of WayMichael J. Watza & Charles McKone—The wireless industry is aggressively applying for and expecting free and unregulated access to local Rights of Way across Michigan and across America. Concerns about new utility poles added to existing electric poles has local communities deeply concerned. Join the Section for a discussion of your rights and interests in your rights of way.
SCOTUS to Municipalities: Amend Your Sign OrdinancesGerald Fisher—This presentation will provide a review of the Supreme Court's 2015 decision in
Reed v. Town of Gilbert, and its likely impact on the validity of existing municipal sign ordinances, including a summary of the First Amendment issues and responses to those issues being considered.
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