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Lake Elmo city attorney leads training on open‑meeting, data‑practice and conflict rules for commissioners
Summary
City Attorney Sarah Sincalas briefed commissioners and council members on Open Meeting Law changes (remote attendance rules), data practices (records retention on personal devices), gift limits and conflict-of-interest rules for quasi‑judicial land‑use decisions.
Sarah Sincalas, Lake Elmo’s city attorney, gave an extended training to the council and appointed commissioners covering Open Meeting Law, data practices, the gift law, conflicts of interest, meeting procedures and social-media guidance.
On the Open Meeting Law, Sincalas emphasized notice requirements and recent statutory changes that make remote participation easier by removing the prior location‑disclosure requirement. "We have…
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