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Supervisors debate draft legal-services transparency policy and closed-session rules
Summary
A draft policy proposing 48-hour written notice for closed-session recommendations, proportionate written legal work product for major policy matters, and quarterly reporting of legal expenditures drew both support and concern from supervisors who worried about attorney relations and FOIA compliance.
Warren County supervisors debated a draft “legal services, transparency and review” policy at the Nov. 12 work session that would increase written disclosures about proposed closed sessions, provide proportionate written legal work product for significant ordinances or regulations, and require quarterly reporting of legal services expenditures.
Supervisor (speaker 13) who introduced the draft said the policy would ensure board members have written legal reasoning before making policy decisions and would increase public understanding of the legal…
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