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City attorney outlines new executive‑session media policy guided by Oregon Attorney General; council to consider three applications
Summary
The City Attorney presented a revised policy to govern media access to executive sessions that incorporates Attorney General guidance on ‘institutional media’; staff recommended outcomes for three pending applications.
City Attorney Ashley Weigot presented a draft revision to the city’s policy on news media attendance at executive sessions and summarized how the Oregon Attorney General’s guidance informed the proposed changes.
Weigot said the update does not change the city’s process so much as it clarifies how the city will evaluate applications by nontraditional media outlets seeking to attend closed executive sessions. The draft policy adds specific criteria the attorney general has…
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