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Section 3.6. Open Meetings. All meetings of the Coalition shall be open to the public, except as permitted to be closed by the New York Public Officers Law. Section 3.7 Notice of Meetings. The Secretary shall cause to be delivered by e-mail or sent by regular mail, to each participating Coalition Member, written notice of monthly meetings on an annual basis, and if special meetings are called, notice of such meetings shall be e-mailed or mailed to the Coalition Members at the addresses provided by the Members’ representatives, no less than seven (7) days prior to the date of the meeting. Section 3.8 Voting. Each member of the Coalition shall have one (1) vote at all meetings. Designated representatives attending on behalf of one or more Coalition member municipalities may have one (1) vote per client subject to and in conformance with their respective agreements with the Coalition member municipality they are representing. In order to take action the Coalition shall utilize the following quorum requirements: 1. 51% of the voting membership constitutes a quorum for all meetings. For approval of meeting minutes, treasurer’s reports, voucher payments, annual reports, annual account designation, budgets, grant applications, plans, programs and related items, approval of 51% of those in attendance shall be required. 2. For actions requiring a supermajority, voting may be permitted by proxy, email, video or teleconferencing. 3. A supermajority of 75% of the Coalition membership shall be required for approval of capital budgets, adoption of by-laws and future amendments thereto, and establishment of an annual fee. 4. For entering into contracts, there must be 75% approval by the Coalition members, indicated by execution of a signature page. Section 3.9 Additional Alternates. The governing body of any participating Coalition Member may authorize the town supervisor or village or city mayor, as the case may be, to designate an alternate other than one previously designated, to represent the participating Coalition Member at any Coalition meeting or meetings in such kinds of contingency situations as the governing body may deem appropriate, and subject to such voting limitations, if any, as it may specify. Such alternate may be a representative or alternate for another participating Coalition Member. The designation of such alternate shall be communicated in writing or by facsimile transmission to the Secretary of the Coalition prior to the transaction of business by the Coalition at any meeting or meetings to be attended by the alternate. Page 3 of 6