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New county legal counsel tells Buncombe library advisory board a third recipient turns communication into a meeting
Summary
At a library advisory board meeting, incoming county counsel Suzanne Avedt told members that adding a third board member to any communication constitutes a meeting under public‑meetings law; she urged routing agenda suggestions through staff and recommended a bylaws review to address virtual/hybrid meeting practices.
Suzanne Avedt, introduced as the library system’s new legal counsel, told the Buncombe County Library Advisory Board that public‑meeting rules can be triggered by ordinary communications. “When you add the third person of your board to any communication, that becomes a meeting,” Avedt said, stressing caution about emails and copied recipients.
Avedt advised members to send agenda suggestions to staff…
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