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Council receives refresher on Washington Public Records Act and email best practices
Summary
City clerk and staff reviewed the Washington Public Records Act, advised council members to use city email and separate personal notes, and discussed legal nuances about when personal-device material or meeting‑invite correspondence becomes a public record.
Clerk Garcia led a short presentation for council on the basics of Washington's Public Records Act, telling members that a public record broadly includes "any writing containing information relating to the conduct of government or the performance of any governmental or proprietary function prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency." She stressed that most materials touched in the course of city business are presumptively public records and recommended using city email/accounts for official…
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