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Lynn Haven commission debates, then ratifies overtime payment to city manager after public challenge over possible Sunshine Law issue
Summary
After a public complaint about a possible Sunshine Law violation, the Lynn Haven City Commission pulled an overtime pay item from the consent agenda, discussed the city manager’s contract language and personnel policy, then ratified the previously made overtime payment by 4–1 vote.
The Lynn Haven City Commission on Jan. 14 discussed a public complaint alleging a possible Sunshine Law violation tied to a retroactive overtime payment to the city manager for work at a 2024 Martin Luther King event and then ratified the payment.
A resident, Ryan Scray, told the commission he had filed a public-records request after he was told the HR director had received four approvals for that payment but the records returned only three. “If there was a Sunshine Law violation, that full and open discussion paired with an independent final action all in the sunshine is a proper remedy here,” Scray said, urging commissioners to pull the item from the consent agenda for public discussion.
The city attorney told the commission that while a Sunshine Law violation was not certain, the perception of one could be…
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