§ 21.14-1402. Public Right to Information.

 This Charter provides that the public shall have the right to be informed of Township activities as follows:

   A. By requiring the Board to advertise its calendar of regular meetings, pursuant to §  21.4-402A.

   B. By requiring the posting of notice of meetings of the Board and its committees, pursuant to §  21.4-402B.

   C. By requiring meetings of the Board and its committees to be open to the public, pursuant to §  21.4-402C.

   D. By mandating that minutes of public meetings be open for public inspection, pursuant to §  21.4-406.

   E. By requiring advertisement of proposed ordinances prior to enactment, pursuant to §  21.5-501A.

   F. By requiring advertisement after passage of ordinances and by providing for the right to inspect ordinances, pursuant to §   21.5-501G and 21.5-503.

   G. By providing for the right to inspect and to purchase a copy of the codification of ordinances and to receive by subscription copies of changes thereto, pursuant to §  21.5-504B.

   H. By providing for public availability of the President’s Budget Message and proposed Financial Plan (§  21.12-1205A), the Preliminary Budgets (§  21.12-1205C) and requiring a public hearing on the budget (§  21.12-1205D).

   I. By requiring notice of vacancies on citizens’ groups and requiring public invitation to citizens to apply therefor, pursuant to §  21.13-1302B.

   Commentary: : This section simply recapitulates rights guaranteed elsewhere in the Charter.