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COBAC considers consolidating subgroups; city attorney outlines public meetings law implications
Summary
City Attorney Ian Whitehead told the City of Bend Accessibility Advisory Committee that any subgroup that researches or makes recommendations to the committee is likely subject to Oregon public meetings law, a point the committee weighed while discussing 2025 priorities and possible reorganization of subgroups into formal subcommittees.
At its Dec. 19 meeting, the City of Bend Accessibility Advisory Committee (COBAC) reviewed proposed 2025 priorities and discussed whether to reorganize existing subgroups into a more formal subcommittee structure. Committee members raised the possibility that consolidating subgroups could allow focused work on infrastructure, outreach and the Breaking Barriers conference, but they were also concerned about the public-record and meeting-notice requirements that apply to formal subcommittees.
Ian Whitehead, City Attorney, joined the meeting to explain legal distinctions. Whitehead told COBAC that, under state public-meetings law, groups that are a governing body of a public body or that make…
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