Section 31-202. MEETINGS

 

202.1The Panel on Rates and Rules shall hold regular meetings on the first and third Wednesday of each month from September to July, inclusive, at 9:00 a.m. at the official offices of the Commission, or at any other place as the Chairperson may designate. The Panel on Rates and Rules may schedule additional meetings to carry out its functions.

 

202.2The Panel shall not meet on holidays, during the last two (2) weeks in December, or on snow emergency days as declared by the Mayor.

 

202.3The Chairperson may call special meetings of the Panel by sending notice of the special meeting not less than seven (7) days in advance. The notice shall state the matters to be considered. No other matter may be considered at a special meeting except with the consent of all members of the Panel present.

 

202.4By affirmative vote of three (3) members, the Panel may schedule or hold a closed executive session to discuss personnel, litigation, or other matters of a private or confidential nature. No action may be taken in an executive session, and no records shall be kept of the session other than a record of the vote to schedule or hold the session.

 

202.5The Panel at its own choosing and by agreement of three (3) or more members may hold study and work sessions to review proposed rulemaking, review for revision or other action on any documents it may identify, engage in special briefings, study statistical and other data or any other material it deems essential to its responsibilities. These sessions shall be considered official meetings of the Panel.

 

202.6Pursuant to § 200.3, when requested by the Chairperson to act in his or her absence at a meeting, the Co-Chairperson is authorized to postpone or cancel that meeting.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 34 DCR 6715, 6717 (October 23, 1987).