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City attorney says email to staff raised open‑meetings violation; copies provided to public
Summary
City Attorney Ben Layman told the Notus City Council that a council member emailed staff and other council members about items on tonight’s agenda, creating an open‑meetings violation; the council made copies of the email and its attachment available to the public to cure the violation.
City Attorney Ben Layman told the council that an email sent by a council member to other city staff and council members addressed topics appearing on the Feb. 2 agenda and constituted an open‑meetings violation. To remedy the issue, copies of the email and its attachment were made available to the public for review.
The notation appears in the meeting minutes as a clerk note stating the attorney’s determination and the cure. No further disciplinary action or formal findings were recorded in the minutes; the record reflects only that the material was provided for public inspection.
