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Resident alleges commissioners mishandled records and allowed TEAS nonprofit to flout state law
Summary
During public comment Justin Bridal alleged the county lacks records of TEAS member meetings and accused the commissioners of negligence or of allowing the nonprofit to violate state law for 13 years; he cited a 2013 memorandum of understanding and claimed Commissioner Murtaugh received board invites at his county email address.
Public commenter Justin Bridal told the board he had sought county records showing member meetings for the nonprofit 'TEAS' and said the absence of records suggests either negligent record-keeping or that member meetings never occurred, which would mean the nonprofit failed to comply with state law for 13 years.
Bridal said two possibilities existed: "1, the member meetings of TEAS have been occurring, which means you've been negligent in your handling of county records... and it appears you must be hiding something. The 2nd scenario would be that member meetings have not been occurring within TEAS, which means this body has not been doing its job at all and have been allowing TEAS to break state law for the last 13 years." He also referenced a 2013 memorandum of understanding and alleged meeting invites were sent to Commissioner Murtaugh's county email address but are not in county possession.
The commissioners did not take action during public comment; the transcript records the allegation and the resident's intent to inform other residents.
