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MSU Extension trains Livingston/Park County airport board on Montana open‑meetings rights and risks
Summary
MSU Extension contractor Trent Blestry gave the airport board a 30‑minute overview of Montana’s open‑meetings framework, focusing on the public’s right to know, right to participate and right to privacy and on six legal requirements for holding public meetings.
Trent Blestry, an MSU Extension contracted faculty member, briefed the City of Livingston and Park County Joint Airport Board on Montana open‑meetings law and common procedural pitfalls during the board’s regular meeting.
Blestry said the state’s constitutional and statutory framework gives citizens a broad right to participate in and inspect government decision‑making, telling the board: “Every time we've seen something overturned that the board had the authority to make the decision on, it was overturned in process.” He advised that most lawsuits against local boards center on notice, access and public participation rather than the substantive merits of a decision.
Why it matters: Blestry framed the overview as a risk‑management…
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