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Council debates posting full agenda backup after open-meeting complaint; clerk says some materials should not be online
Summary
Following an open-meeting-law complaint about ADA compliance and clickable Zoom links, the council accepted a rules committee report to address the complaint; a separate proposal to post full agenda backup on the city website drew sharp debate, with the city clerk and councilors disputing whether all backup material should be made public online.
The Chicopee City Council on Jan. 21 accepted a rules committee recommendation to address an open-meeting-law complaint about agenda accessibility and Zoom links; the council also debated, but ultimately rejected, a separate proposal to routinely publish full meeting backup materials on the city website.
The rules committee action directs staff to digitize three months of meetings and gives the city solicitor authority to respond to the complainant;…
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