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City attorney briefs council on OPMA and public records, warns of serial meetings and broad record definitions
Summary
Port Orchard's city attorney delivered an extended training on the Open Public Meetings Act and the Public Records Act, emphasizing that meetings can occur remotely or via serial communications and that public records include texts, social posts and even AI prompts.
The city attorney delivered a refresher training on Washington's Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) and the Public Records Act (PRA), explaining common risks and recent case law that affect how city officials should meet and manage records.
Key takeaways included the definitions of "meeting" and "final action," notice rules for special and emergency meetings, limits on executive sessions and the risk of serial meetings that create a quorum through sequential…
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