Wilson County commissioner reads Comptroller opinion, urges TOMA training
Commissioner Lauren Breeze read an assistant general counsel's email from the Tennessee Comptroller's office saying her motion at the May 27 meeting "could have been considered without violating" the Tennessee Open Meetings Act and urged the committee to attend open-records training on June 10.
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Lauren Breeze, identified in the meeting as County Commissioner for District 18, read an email from Seth May, assistant general counsel at the Tennessee Comptroller's Office, saying the Tennessee Open Meetings Act (TOMA, TCA 8-44-1-110) requires agendas to be posted at least 48 hours in advance but allows non-agenda matters to be addressed if a body follows its bylaws and other state laws.
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