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County attorney gives IDA a detailed Sunshine Law refresher, warns against private deliberations
Summary
Flagler County’s attorney reviewed the Sunshine Law, explaining open-meeting requirements, limits on electronic and social-media exchanges, conflict-of-interest abstention rules, and penalties for violations.
County Attorney Michael Rodriguez delivered an extended refresher on Florida’s Sunshine Law at the Oct. 21 Flagler County Industrial Development Authority meeting, advising members to limit private communications about board business and explaining notice, minutes, and quorum rules.
Rodriguez said the Sunshine Law’s constitutional basis is Article I, Section 24 of the Florida Constitution and that it is codified in Florida Statutes §286.011. He summarized the three core requirements: meetings must be open to the public, given reasonable notice, and have minutes taken.
“The law applies to meetings of two or more members of the same board or commission when discussing some matter which foreseeably will come before the board,” Rodriguez said. He cautioned members that even seemingly informal written…
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