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Law director, outside counsel brief commission on sunshine law, charter powers and review priorities
Summary
Sunbury’s law director and outside counsel reviewed open-meeting and public-record requirements and outlined the scope of charter topics the commission will examine, including mayoral and council powers, vacancies and board terms.
David Bridal, Sunbury law director, reviewed the Ohio open-meetings (sunshine) law and public-records obligations for commission members, and warned that prearranged discussions among a majority of commissioners outside a public meeting are prohibited and that emails and text messages about public business can be subject to public-records requests.
Bridal told the commission: “Sunshine laws basically say that what we do has to be open to the public,” and explained practical implications such as avoiding…
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