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Needham board debates how much detail minutes should include; recording vs. legal record clarified
Summary
Members debated whether minutes should include more detail and hold staff to a higher standard of documentation; some argued the video is only supplemental and minutes are the legal record while others said full video and packet mitigate the need for verbatim minutes.
Board members debated the level of detail that should appear in published minutes and whether the full meeting packet must be attached when minutes are posted online.
Missus Swanson asked that minutes better reflect the tone and substance of discussions so that the public has a clearer sense of board deliberations. She said the minutes should note when substantive…
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