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County attorney reviews FOIA and Conflict of Interest Act at Franklin County organizational meeting
Summary
County attorney Jim Gwynn gave the board its annual FOIA and Conflict of Interest Act briefing, stressing that meetings and records are presumptively open, common exemptions, remote‑participation rules, and the importance of specificity when invoking closed‑meeting exemptions.
County Attorney Jim Gwynn led the Franklin County Board of Supervisors through the annual Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Conflict of Interest Act (COIA) briefing at the organizational meeting.
Gwynn summarized the FOIA principle that public records and meetings are presumptively open and that exemptions must be narrowly construed. He described common exemptions that permit closed meetings,…
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