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Legal counsel briefs commissioners on Open Public Meetings Act; discussion turns to expanding commission membership
Summary
City legal counsel reviewed Washington's Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), quorum rules and best practices; commissioners discussed whether to seek an ordinance change to enlarge the commission to reduce subcommittee constraints.
Bridal "Boone," the commission’s legal counsel, gave a concise briefing on the Washington Open Public Meetings Act and how it applies to commission work. Counsel emphasized that a quorum is a majority of the governing body and that "anytime any 3 commissioners are talking to 1 another contemporaneously, discussing, considering, deliberating, that is a meeting within the definition of the open public meetings act." He warned that meetings do not require physical presence and can occur by email, text or…
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