Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 4 - Agriculture › Chapter 39 - Agricultural Revolving Loan Fund › Article 1 - Powers and Duties › 11 AAC 39.031 - Meetings of the board

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The board will hold at least eight
				  meetings a year. Additional meetings may be called by the chair or by any three
				  concurring members. Meetings may be held by teleconference.
(b) A meeting of the board is open to the
				  public, except that a meeting, or portion of a meeting, in which the board
				  considers an application for an installment contract, loan, or a change in
				  terms of a contract or loan, or considers a subject listed in
				  AS
				  44.62.310(c), will be held
				  in executive session. The public portion of any meeting will be recorded and a
				  summary will be incorporated into the minutes of that meeting. Written minutes
				  of the public portion of a meeting will be made available to the
				  public.
(c) Public notice will be
				  given by the board as provided in (d) and (e) of this section for all public
				  meetings of the board.
(d) Notice
				  of a public meeting of the board, other than an emergency public meeting as
				  provided in (e) of this section, will be published in a newspaper of general
				  circulation in the state at least seven days before the date of the meeting.
				  The notice will provide the date, time, place of meeting, purpose of the
				  meeting, and the location of any teleconferencing facilities that will be used.
				  Notice of meetings will also be posted on the Alaska Online Public Notice
				  System and at the board's principal office.
(e) Notice of an emergency public meeting
				  will be published by the board as provided for under (d) of this section if the
				  board determines that sufficient time is available. Otherwise, notice of an
				  emergency public meeting will be posted by the board on the Alaska Online
				  Public Notice System and at the board's principal office and will include the
				  date, time, and place of the meeting; general topics to be discussed or
				  considered; and location of any teleconferencing facilities that will be
				  used.
(f) Except as provided in
				  11 AAC 39.032, a loan, permit,
				  installment contract, modification of an existing agreement, or other action
				  that requires board approval will not be granted without the approval of a
				  majority of a quorum of the board at a meeting called under this section. After
				  deliberation in a properly convened executive session under
				  AS
				  44.62.310, the board will make its decision
				  and record its action in a public meeting. The chair of the board will certify
				  by signature all action taken by the board.
(g) The board will specify the terms and
				  conditions that apply to a decision issued under this chapter and state the
				  reasons that support the decision. Within five working days after the board
				  issues a decision, the director shall provide a copy of the decision to the
				  applicant and any other known party to the action, and include the procedures
				  that are available for requests for reconsideration and appeal under
				  11 AAC 39.830.
(h) Unless approved by the board, the person
				  who requested the action under this chapter may not attend an executive session
				  of the board to deliberate the matter.
Authority:
AS
						03.09.010
AS 03.09.040
AS 03.10.020
AS
						03.10.050