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Town attorney briefs Cheshire council on FOIA, executive sessions, public records and ethics
Summary
Town Attorney Jeff D'Onofrio gave an orientation Dec. 1 on the Freedom of Information Act, categories of public and non-meetings, executive session rules and permissible topics, public-records handling and the town ethics ordinance; he emphasized notice, redaction, and the 4-business-day denial rule.
Jeff D'Onofrio, the town attorney, presented an extended orientation to the newly seated and returning council members explaining how the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and related Connecticut practice affect council business.
D'Onofrio summarized FOIA's three core concepts: it applies to public agencies, public meetings and public records. He stressed that "FOIA applies to meetings of public agencies" and that a council member has no individual authority outside properly noticed public meetings: "The only power you have is derived from a meeting at which a quorum of the…
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