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Delray Beach amends quasi-judicial rules to collect related emails with agenda packets
Summary
The Delray Beach City Commission adopted an amendment to its local rules requiring that communications related to quasi-judicial applications be collected and included in the agenda backup, mirroring a practice used in Boca Raton and intended to improve transparency of ex parte disclosures.
The Delray Beach City Commission voted March 27 to amend its local rules of procedure to streamline disclosure of ex parte communications in quasi-judicial matters by including emails and related correspondence in the agenda backup.
The change, proposed during the commission’s organizational meeting, directs the city clerk to search the city’s server for emails and other correspondence related to an application (for example, by property address) and certify those items as part of the agenda packet. The policy mirrors a practice the city observed in Boca Raton and was presented to commissioners as a way to make ex parte disclosures more complete…
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