Town attorney warns collaborative Google-Doc commenting can trigger Utah open-meetings rules
Town Attorney Jayme L. Blakesley advised the council that shared, quorum-level commenting on collaborative documents can constitute a meeting under Utah's Open and Public Meetings Act, recommending sub-quorum drafting and distribution of non-editable packets; the Planning Commission expressed concern about efficiency impacts.
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Town Attorney Jayme L. Blakesley of Hayes, Godfrey & Bell told the Boulder Town Council on May 5 that modern collaborative tools can create OPMA risk if a quorum of council or commission members is present on a shared document, even if members only comment.
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