Committee backs narrow exemption so township supervisors can inspect roads without triggering open‑meetings law

House Political Subdivisions Committee members recommended approval Tuesday of House Bill 1374, a bill that would create a narrow exemption in the state’s open‑meetings law for township supervisors conducting on‑site inspections of township roads and drainage.

The measure, introduced to the committee by Representative Plameen, would allow two or more township supervisors to gather at a site to inspect washed‑out culverts, ditches, gravel needs or other road maintenance issues without triggering the full open‑meeting notice requirements — so long as the gathering is limited to performing the inspection and no other township business is…