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Attorney reviews new Open and Public Meetings Act definitions, warns about rolling quorums and electronic communications
Summary
A legal training for the school board covered recent statutory changes to the Open and Public Meetings Act, remote attendance rules, rolling quorums, notice requirements and restrictions on closed meetings.
Attorney and presenter Mr. Onofrio briefed the board on recent changes and everyday compliance traps in the Open and Public Meetings Act, emphasizing that meetings are open to the public unless explicitly closed and that the statutory definition of "meeting" had recently changed.
Onofrio told the board that the revised statutory definition expands the circumstances that can constitute a public meeting to include gatherings "for the express purpose of acting as a public body to receive public comment, deliberate, or take action about a relevant matter." He said the new definition narrows the previous safe harbor for social gatherings and cautioned that the…
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