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Public commenter cites Indiana code and asks county to obtain TEAS Inc. records
Summary
A public commenter, Justin Bridal, told commissioners he had requested records from TEAS Inc. and cited Indiana Code 23‑17‑27‑2(a) saying members of a nonprofit have a right to inspect certain corporate records; he asked the county to retrieve documents TEAS apparently did not provide and suggested posting them on the county website.
During the public‑comment period, Justin Bridal said he had pursued public records requests related to TEAS Inc. and argued the county, as a member of that nonprofit, is entitled under state law to inspect and copy certain corporate records. Bridal cited Indiana Code 23‑17‑27‑2(a), which he read aloud as describing a member’s right to inspect articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes of meetings of members, records of member actions for the past three years, and written communications to members generally within the past three years, including financial statements.
Bridal said he has requested and (he believes) obtained the types of documents the TEAS bylaws indicate should be provided to members but that the county’s records remain incomplete. He asked the commissioners to obtain those records from TEAS Inc., to post them on a TEAS page on the county website (an idea he said Commissioner Murtaugh had previously raised), and to rectify what he described as clerical oversights that prevented the county from receiving documents in the first place.
"This area of Indiana code outlines laws regarding nonprofit corporations...a member is entitled to inspect and copy...the records of the corporation described in section 1(e)," Bridal told the board, and he asked the county to exercise that right as a member of the nonprofit.
Commissioners acknowledged the request; the matter was presented as public comment rather than a formal agenda item, and the speaker urged the county to pursue the records to improve transparency and public access.
