Public comment periods at North Dakota local government meetings become mandatory Aug. 1

NDPERS board OK’s steps to allow former public employees to serve on elected boards

GRAND FORKS — The board of directors that oversees the state’s retirement system on Tuesday voted to establish two new policies that will allow former public employees to continue to hold their elected positions and still collect their pension. The decision was announced late Tuesday morning in a release distributed by the North Dakota Public Employees Retirement System, generally known as NDPERS. The decision comes after it was announced last m…

Public comment periods at North Dakota local government meetings become mandatory Aug. 1

The bill stems from concerns that public entities were not providing adequate public comment periods during meetings and were limiting comments to only items on the board’s current meeting agenda.