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Pocomoke City council debates public request for Sept. 15 closed-session minutes
Summary
A public records request for closed-session minutes of Sept. 15 drew debate at the Dec. 2 Pocomoke City council meeting; council members pressed for transparency while others asked the requester to specify the subject; a motion to unseal was called and voted in open session, but the city attorney’s subsequent remarks left procedural clarity unresolved.
Mayor opened the Dec. 2 Pocomoke City meeting and the council took up a public records request seeking the closed-session minutes from Sept. 15, 2025.
City Attorney explained that “closed-session minutes stay closed unless the body moves to vote them into to release them to the public” and outlined legal limits on discussing closed-session content in open session. The request had been submitted as an MPIA request from Commissioner Karen Abbot, the attorney read the requester’s email aloud, and…
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