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County attorney briefs commission on Open Public Meetings and Public Records laws; commissioners request official email accounts
Summary
Deputy prosecuting attorney Kellen Kustra briefed commissioners on Washington’s Open Public Meetings Act and Public Records Act. Commissioners then voted to ask the county to provide official email addresses for commission members and a budget line if needed.
Kellen Kustra, a deputy prosecuting attorney for Whatcom County, told the Charter Review Commission that Washington’s Open Public Meetings Act and Public Records Act are broad and can create pitfalls for commissioners who communicate outside public meetings.
Kustra emphasized that a “meeting” for the Open Public Meetings Act can include electronic communications if a quorum — eight or more commissioners — discusses…
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