Residents press board on interview fairness and Open Meetings Act limits
Public commenters urged the board to ensure fairness during candidate interviews, suggesting staggered times or pre-distributed questions and raising questions about whether interviews should be held in closed session under the Open Meetings Act.
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Residents attending the meeting urged the board to structure interviews to be fair to all applicants. Eric Ostergren congratulated the board on acting quickly but urged care about interview format, saying candidates in public could gain an advantage and suggesting consideration of closed sessions. He said: "I think that's something that really needs to be looked into because if you got them in public or the other interviewees in the room, they're gonna get a chance ahead of time to hear what the 1st person was asked. I think that it has to be held in closed session."
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