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Box Elder planning commission reviews South Dakota open meetings requirements
Summary
An attorney reviewed the state nnual open-meetings briefing and highlighted when gatherings, executive sessions and email exchanges can trigger the law; commissioners asked about email consensus, walking quorums and the attorney general—rochure.
Matt Noss, an attorney, reviewed South Dakota nnual open-meetings guidance and key statutory points during the City of Box Elder Planning Commission—usiness meeting on Oct. 4, 2025. The presentation covered criteria for an "official meeting," statutory reasons for executive session, timing for finalizing agendas, and constraints on communications among a quorum of members.
Noss told commissioners the law identified a meeting as any gathering where a quorum of the public body is present and city business is discussed. "It should have been officially noticed and the…
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