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requested to be placed on the agenda within the next thirty days. <br />The file may, but need not contain, voluminous reports, studies <br />or analyses not created by officers or employees serving the <br />Commissionprovided that their omission is noted in the file. <br />Excepted from the file shall be commercial solicitations, agenda- <br />related material, and any document or record which may or must be <br />withheld from disclosure pursuant to state or federal statutes or <br />constitutional provisions, or common law. <br />Section 10. Payment of Bills.Payment of bills may be <br />considered by the Commissionat any regular or special meeting, <br />but no bill shall be approved unless a copy of the bill has been <br />furnished to each member of the Commissionprior to approval <br />thereof. <br />ARTICLE IV: AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS <br />Section 1. Amendment to Bylaws.The Bylaws of the <br />Commissionmay be amended only if there has been notice of such <br />proposal at the previous meeting. <br />ARTICLE V: OPEN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC RECORDS <br />Section 1. Open Government.Each member of the Commission <br />shall participate in at least one City-sponsored open government- <br />related seminar, workshop or other program at least once every <br />two years. Such program shall provide information on at least <br />these topics relating to municipal government: the theories and <br />policies underlying and laws relating to ethics, open government, <br />open meetings, open records, and promoting citizen participation <br />in municipal government. <br /> Section 2. Public Records. <br />A. The provisions of these Bylaws relating to open records <br />shall be liberally construed with State open records laws to <br />promote the prompt disclosure of Commission records to citizens <br />at no cost or no greater than the actual cost to the Commission. <br />The Commission shall strictly construe exceptions provided under <br />the State statutes authorizing certain public records to be <br />exempt from disclosure to the public. <br />B.Commission records shall be open for inspection by any <br />person in accordance with these Bylaws and the State statutes <br />concerning public records. To the extent State open records laws <br />or Commission enactments other than these Bylaws conflict with <br />the provisions of these Bylaws, whichever provides greater access <br />Page8of11 <br />36 <br />