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Committee refines open-meetings and minutes-access language, proposes website posting
Summary
To improve public access and clarity, committee members agreed to require that minutes be accessible and recommended posting them on the city website 'as soon as practicable' rather than promising continuous availability.
Members reviewed open meetings language and how the charter should address public access to minutes. One committee member recommended specifying that minutes be posted on the city website to make them 'as accessible as possible' while others cautioned against promising continuous access if technical outages occur; the draft was adjusted to require accessibility and website posting 'as soon as practicable.'
The committee also specified that charter sections must comply with New York State open meetings law and municipal law. Members noted that state requirements (for example, minimum posting timelines) should be observed and asked staff to confirm whether the charter should explicitly cite timing requirements or leave them to implementing rules and state statute.
