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Oviedo city attorney reviews Sunshine Law and public-records duties for Charter Review Committee
Summary
City Attorney Wade Vose told the Charter Review Committee that Florida—s Sunshine Law requires committee meetings to be open and reasonably noticed, and that members—work-related emails and documents may be public records; he urged members to forward public-facing emails to the city clerk for retention.
City Attorney Wade Vose on Thursday gave the Oviedo Charter Review Committee a detailed briefing on Florida—s Sunshine Law and the Public Records Act, stressing that the rules apply to both elected bodies and advisory committees that discuss matters likely to come before them.
"The basic idea ... is it provides a right of access to certain types of governmental proceedings," Vose said, summarizing how the Sunshine Law obliges boards to hold open, noticed meetings and to avoid informal deliberations outside of public sessions.
Vose told members that routine conversations and social…
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