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City legal counsel reviews new open-meetings rules, warns against quorum emails and texts
Summary
City legal counsel Aaron Shibe told the Huron City Commission that a recent legislative change treats electronic communications among a quorum as an open meeting, and he recommended notice and restraint on sending policy material to all commissioners at once.
Huron — The Huron City Commission received its required annual review of open-meetings rules from city legal counsel Aaron Shibe, who told commissioners the Legislature clarified this year that electronic communications among a quorum are considered a public meeting and should be avoided for policy discussions.
Shibe said the new requirement — part of recent legislation he summarized for the commission — also includes a statutory obligation to record the training in the minutes. “Don’t text each other with a quorum of the commission. Don’t email each other with a quorum of the commission to talk about, you know, some issue…
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