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Newton commission receives training on Open Records and open-meeting rules
Summary
City staff briefed the Newton City Commission on the Kansas Open Records Act and COMA, stressing that emails and social-media exchanges about city business are requestable and that three members discussing city business can create a meeting or a serial-meeting violation.
City staff led a training session for the Newton City Commission focused on the Kansas Open Records Act and COMA, reviewing what counts as public records, how a meeting is defined, and how to avoid violations when using email or social media.
Staff explained that public records include any recorded information in public possession and that emails or messages between commissioners and city staff about city business are searchable and requestable under the Open Records Act. "Anything that the city staff is, that would also be, we because we work for a public entity," Speaker 1 said while describing which materials are public records.…
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