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Attorney gives annual Open Meetings training; warns against ex parte contacts, texting during meetings
Summary
An attorney-led annual training at the Morgan City Planning Commission emphasized that application-specific conversations outside meetings can create appearance-of-bias, that conflicts of interest are self-declared, and that side conversations or texting during a meeting can violate the Open Meetings Act.
Morgan City's Planning Commission received its annual training on the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act on Jan. 20, focusing on ex parte contacts, conflicts of interest and harassment.
Gary, the session's presenter and municipal attorney, told the commission general planning discussions are acceptable but warned members not to discuss any pending application outside the public meeting. "If you've got an application pending before you, you don't wanna talk about that," he said, urging commissioners to bring application-specific input to a public meeting so all members hear…
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