Special Actions - Field Explanation

Katie Miles
Katie Miles
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Certain agenda items may have special functionality tied to them, such as declaring conflicts of interest, adding late items, or identifying a Closed Session. The following table outlines each of the special actions that are available in eSCRIBE when editing a Meeting Type.

Special Action Description

Late Items

This agenda item is used to add late items to the agenda or delete items from the agenda during an eSCRIBE meeting.

Added items will be included in the appropriate section of the Agenda in addition to being listed in this section for reference.

Removed items will be shown in their original location on the Agenda with a strike through in addition to being listed in this section for reference.

Open Pecuniary Interest

This agenda item is used to declare pecuniary interests on open session agenda items.

When using this special action, individuals marked in this section will be removed as voting members on appropriate items and listed under this category of the Agenda for reference.

Note: If you do not wish to list pecuniary interests for members under a specific Agenda category, you can also manage conflicts by selecting the specific agenda item and adding a Member Conflict under Item Details. This will ensure that the individual is removed from voting lists and the conflict will be automatically noted in the minutes for that item.

Closed Session

If this special action is present, a closed meeting site will be created.

This agenda item will serve as the link between open and closed session. Items added to the closed session site will be displayed as sub-items underneath this agenda item.

Note: when creating standing items under a special action category, they will provide an additional configuration option for default minutes & resolution that allows the user to bring that minutes/resolution into the public session.

For more information on managing closed information view this article here.

Note: Special action items drive certain procedural action and do not allow sub-items.

Related Articles:

  1. Adding Items to the Agenda Template
  2. Adding Items to the Agenda Template – Field Explanation
  3. Updating Agenda Template Items
  4. Deleting Agenda Template Items
  5. Reordering Agenda Template Items

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