Rule Number 18 of The Southbridge Town Council Rules and Regulations states:
“All rules of procedure not considered herein shall
be governed by ‘Roberts Rules of Parliamentary Procedure’.”
It has recently been brought to my attention that on
a number of occasions meetings of various subcommittees have been held where
there was not a quorum of the subcommittee membership in attendance. In order
to resolve this problem the council chair or vice-chair has been called upon to
meet quorum requirements in their status as ex-officio
members of all subcommittees as provided for in Town Council rule #4:
