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Board requests tour of wastewater plants; attorney outlines Sunshine Law notice options
Summary
Board members expressed interest in touring the Central and South advanced wastewater facilities; the city attorney and staff explained how tours can be arranged without violating Sunshine Law requirements.
Board members asked to tour the city’s Central and South advanced wastewater facilities to see construction progress and operational upgrades. Staff and legal counsel outlined options to conduct a tour while complying with Florida’s Sunshine Law.
Deputy counsel explained that tours can be done either as a noticed public meeting at the facility or as an observation-only visit followed by a public meeting for discussion, so long as the board does not deliberate privately on matters that will foreseeably come before it. The board favored a Central plant tour because that site is where the deep injection well work is concentrated; staff said they would propose dates and logistics.
The board did not take formal action to schedule a trip beyond asking staff to propose dates and recommendations on whether to notice the tour as a meeting. Staff said tours are routine and recommended a single representative or a properly noticed meeting if multiple members attend for discussion.
