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Deputy city attorney gives annual open-meetings refresher and answers conflict-of-interest questions
Summary
Amy Schreiber, deputy city attorney, led the commission through the state open meetings law, stressing notice and agenda requirements, limits on private communications that can create a quorum, and penalties for violations; she also explained when commissioners should recuse themselves for conflicts of interest.
Amy Schreiber, deputy city attorney for Kingman, told the commission during a annual refresher that the open meetings law requires the public’s business to be conducted in public and that agendas must list the date, time and location of meetings. “Generally, just that the public’s business must be conducted discussed at the meetings,” Schreiber said, adding that public bodies must give at least 24 hours’ notice and include enough detail on agendas to inform the public of matters to be discussed.
Schreiber cautioned members about informal…
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