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City attorney trains council on open‑meeting rules, ethics and public‑records obligations
Summary
City Attorney Eric Johnson led a training explaining Utahs open‑public‑meetings and ethics rules, emphasizing that council members should avoid deliberations outside posted meetings, that emails and texts about city business are public records, and that conflicts must be disclosed in writing.
Eric Johnson, the cityattorney, reviewed Utahlaw on open public meetings and ethics at the Richfield City Council meeting, telling council members they must avoid deliberating about city business outside a publicly noticed meeting. "You should not be deliberating together about city matters outside of an open public meeting," Johnson said, noting that three members meeting informally could constitute an improper deliberation.
Johnson told the council that…
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