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Nampa council delays vote on resolution to "cure" alleged Open Meetings violations after heated debate
Summary
Council members spent more than an hour debating a proposed resolution that would retroactively nullify past actions taken after executive sessions and "cure" alleged technical violations of Idaho’s Open Meeting Law. Legal counsel said the draft resolution would, as a matter of law, resolve any procedural issue; several council members said they do
A contentious agenda item that asked the City Council to adopt a resolution "to preemptively cure alleged violations" of Idaho’s Open Meeting Law was continued to a Nov. 7 special meeting after more than an hour of debate.
The proposal, presented as Item 5.5, would declare certain prior actions null and void and enact a narrow, statutory cure intended to resolve what the city attorney described as "technical" and potentially non‑substantive procedural irregularities. City Attorney Preston Rudder told the council, "the proposed cure that's here tonight before you, would as a matter of law cure any alleged technical violation." (Preston Rudder, city attorney, 01:00:43)
Several council members pushed back, saying they had not seen a formal complaint and that the remedy would in effect concede wrongdoing without specifics. Councilwoman Karen Jangula said she had "issue with that because I haven't witnessed…
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