Staff warns against off‑record deliberation as task force finalizes proclamation text
City staff told the task force not to engage in substantive deliberation outside a public meeting when editing the proclamation; staff offered to compile minor edits and produce a final draft for the group to review.
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Gretchen Bennett, staff to the task force, reminded members that substantive edits must not amount to deliberation by a public body outside an open meeting and offered to collect non-substantive changes such as typographical fixes. "The only boundary would be not to, have a lot of deliberation as a public body out, have any deliberation as a public body outside," she said, and offered to produce a final product for distribution.
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