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Council reviews open-meeting and conflict-of-interest rules in training session
Summary
An attorney-led presentation reviewed Arizona open-meeting requirements, serial-meeting risks, executive-session limits, gift rules and conflict disclosures; council members asked for case guidance and quarterly refreshers.
An attorney provided the Surprise City Council an hour-long refresher on Arizona open-meeting law, conflict-of-interest rules and gift guidance at the council’s March 4 work session.
The presentation, delivered by Hobie Wingard, explained that Arizona law requires public meetings to be open and that “all legal action of public bodies must occur during a public meeting,” and said notices and agendas must provide “information reasonably necessary to inform the public of matters to be discussed or decided.”
Wingard told council members the law covers in-person and technological gatherings, serial communications, phone calls, email “reply all” chains, social events where a quorum might be present, and evolving questions around social media use. He said executive session may…
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