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State AG trainer reviews open-meetings and public-records rules at Pasco workshop
Summary
The Washington state Attorney General's consultant Melissa Drury gave Pasco council members a refresher on the Open Public Meetings Act and Public Records Act, emphasizing notice, quorum rules, documentation and serial-meeting prohibitions. The training closed with guidance on executive sessions and public-records searches.
The Pasco City Council received mandatory training on Washington's open-government laws Thursday evening as part of a special workshop. Melissa Drury, a public-records consultant with the Washington Attorney General's office, reviewed requirements under the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) and the Public Records Act (PRA), told council members how to avoid procedural violations and answered questions about documentation and redaction.
Drury said the training fulfills the requirement that members of governing bodies take open-government instruction within 90 days of assuming office and…
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