Attorney Richard Roberts presented at the Connecticut Council of Small Towns’ (COST) webinar titled, Technology Solutions for Towns, on Thursday, November 5th. Rich spoke on the subject of ‘Holding Remote & Hybrid Remote/In-person Municipal Meetings: Hardware, Software and Best Practices’ along with John Elsesser, Town Manager of Coventry and Scott Roberts, Assistant Town Manager of South Windsor. Rich reviewed the relevant Executive Orders regarding holding remote and hybrid remote/in-person meetings, including the open meeting provisions and best practices.
To access recordings of the presentations, visit COST’s website here for further instructions.
COST is a member-driven organization committed to giving Connecticut’s smaller communities a strong voice in the legislative process. COST champions the interests of member municipalities at the state Capitol and provides resources to help municipal leaders meet the challenges they face as chief executives of the state’s 139 smaller communities. Founded in 1975, COST is the state’s only organization dedicated exclusively to representing the interests of Connecticut’s smaller towns.
Richard Roberts represents municipalities in the full range of their legal needs. He provides legal counsel to them in real estate acquisitions and sales, land use, charter revisions, drafting and review of ordinances, and property tax issues. He also provides legal counsel to individuals, partnerships, limited-liability companies, and corporations in real estate acquisitions and sales, financing transactions, general business affairs, and contracts and agreements. He represents lending institutions and borrowers in secured, unsecured, asset-based, and non-traditional financing transactions as well as in various state and federal regulatory matters, including securities, banking, and land use and zoning matters.