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Pensacola advisory boards briefed on Florida Sunshine Law and public-meeting rules
Summary
Assistant City Attorney Grace Perola told Pensacola redevelopment advisory boards that Florida's Sunshine Law requires open meetings, reasonable notice and promptly recorded minutes; she said the rule applies to any gathering of two or more members to discuss matters that will foreseeably come before a board and described civil and criminal remedies for knowing violations.
At a joint meeting of Pensacola community redevelopment advisory boards, assistant city attorney Grace Perola reviewed Florida's Sunshine Law, telling members the rule gives citizens "a right of access to governmental proceedings of public boards and commissions" and applies both constitutionally and by statute.
Perola said the law covers any gathering of two or more board members to discuss matters that will foreseeably come before the board for action and noted it reaches informal communications as well as formal meetings. "The Sunshine Law provides citizens a right of access to governmental proceedings of public boards and commissions," she…
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