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County recorder says prior meeting violated open-meeting expectations; commissioners dispute several points
Summary
Birch County recorder Kaya Bowden told the Rich County Commission she believes a previous meeting violated the Utah Open Public Meetings Act and said she was not given adequate notice or opportunity to respond. Commissioners disputed the assertion of an illegal closed meeting but acknowledged they could have done a better job inviting Bowden to speak and said service-level problems have since improved.
Kaya Bowden, identified in the meeting as the Birch County recorder, told the Rich County Commission on Dec. 10 that a previous commission meeting had mishandled an agenda item that concerned her office and that the meeting violated the Utah Open Public Meetings Act (UOPMA). Bowden said the agenda described the item inaccurately (as a "resolution of appointment of a county representative") and that she was not properly notified or given an opportunity to respond when the item discussed…
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